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Alexithymia is a psychological construct characterized by marked difficulties in identifying, distinguishing, and expressing one’s own emotional experiences. The term, derived from the Greek words a- (absence), lexis (word), and thymia (emotion), literally means “inability to put feelings into words.” This concept was first defined in the 1970s based on clinical observations in patients with psychosomatic illnesses and has since been linked to reduced emotional awareness.Alexithymia involves not

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is a holistic and experiential psychotherapeutic approach that places emotions at the center of human experience and therapeutic change. Its foundational philosophy holds that emotions are a fundamental adaptive system essential for survival, well-being, decision-making, and assigning meaning to life. Unlike traditional approaches that aim to control emotions through emotional catharsis or cognitive restructuring, EFT treats emotions as the key to change and the pri

We often fear confronting our sorrows. When our souls grow narrow, we try to soothe our selves with faithless shadows. Yet we wish our tears would fall gently, like an April rain, cleansing all the fatigue within us.But we swallow... and keep walking. Perhaps that is why we so often cannot voice what passes within us. As the poet said:“I did not speak every word that came to my tongue; I was young, and found my voice rusted by death.【1】Instead of listening to the voice within, we choose to lose