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RayPsyche Psychological Center
(Psychological Therapy)
3 años con nosotros
Alexithymia
"When the brain experiences a kind of emotional overload, it can block a person’s ability to recognize or understand their own feelings and those of others. This means they struggle to detect emotional cues or patterns, both internally and socially".
Empathy and emotional understanding don’t just arise from personality they’re tied to brain function. The drive to relate to others comes from emotional attunement, which is the brain’s capacity to resonate with others’ feelings. This ability relies on several key brain regions, including the anterior cingulate, prefrontal and premotor cortices, parietal and temporal lobes, and the amygdala. When these areas are damaged or underperforming, empathy suffers highlighting that biology plays a central role in emotional connection.
Surprisingly, data from the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) suggests that between 10% and 15% of people experience some degree of alexithymia a condition marked by difficulty in identifying and expressing emotions. Men appear to be disproportionately affected.
"When the brain experiences a kind of emotional overload, it can block a person’s ability to recognize or understand their own feelings and those of others. This means they struggle to detect emotional cues or patterns, both internally and socially".
Empathy and emotional understanding don’t just arise from personality they’re tied to brain function. The drive to relate to others comes from emotional attunement, which is the brain’s capacity to resonate with others’ feelings. This ability relies on several key brain regions, including the anterior cingulate, prefrontal and premotor cortices, parietal and temporal lobes, and the amygdala. When these areas are damaged or underperforming, empathy suffers highlighting that biology plays a central role in emotional connection.
Surprisingly, data from the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) suggests that between 10% and 15% of people experience some degree of alexithymia a condition marked by difficulty in identifying and expressing emotions. Men appear to be disproportionately affected.
"When the brain experiences a kind of emotional overload, it can block a person’s ability to recognize or understand their own feelings and those of others. This means they struggle to detect emotional cues or patterns, both internally and socially".
Empathy and emotional understanding don’t just arise from personality they’re tied to brain function. The drive to relate to others comes from emotional attunement, which is the brain’s capacity to resonate with others’ feelings. This ability relies on several key brain regions, including the anterior cingulate, prefrontal and premotor cortices, parietal and temporal lobes, and the amygdala. When these areas are damaged or underperforming, empathy suffers highlighting that biology plays a central role in emotional connection.
Surprisingly, data from the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) suggests that between 10% and 15% of people experience some degree of alexithymia a condition marked by difficulty in identifying and expressing emotions. Men appear to be disproportionately affected.