English Dictionary

alexithymia

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌeɪ.lɛk.səˈθaɪ.mi.ə/

名詞

不可算名詞

A deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions.

日本語の意味

感情を理解、処理、表現する能力の欠如 / 感情認識や処理、表現の困難な状態

Her alexithymia made it difficult for her to explain why she felt overwhelmed during the meeting.

彼女は感情を理解し、処理し、説明する能力が欠けていたため、会議中に自分が圧倒されている理由を説明するのが難しかった。

意味（1）

A deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions.

Finally, schizophrenic disorders involve impairments of perceptions, including hallucinations and delusions, symptoms that often impair patients’ social and occupational functioning and can create alexithymia (Maggini and Raballo 2004; van ‛t Wout et al. 2007), an inability to recognize one’s own feelings.