alexithymia and IQ correlation

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No! I was deeply offended, I for one would not apologise ...for what precisely? Nope.

That is an interesting question.

I am sorry if I came across harshly. I was in the process of having a shutdown and ignoring it, and it never works out well for me. I did not want to say "All your questions are wrong" but I think I came across as such.



It's fine. Apparently Windows is just not compatible with a full emulator. I need an iPhone or something like it, but I am not sure when I will be able to obtain one.

No, you're fine. . I had a shutdown not long ago also. Hope you feel better. .

Since I have NVLD so severely, I am just perpetually curious regarding how many of the negative symptoms in Aspergers Syndrome come from NVLD alone. And there's so little research out there on it, so questions like that are my way of exploring things.

I have above average IQ and high alexithymia

To be an engineer or a physicist, you need extremely advanced visual-spatial abilities, and these are also careers where you will find individuals with higher rates of AS traits (including alexithymia). I don't buy into the whole left vs. right brain debate in this instance, because spatial abilties and emotions aren't both processed in a cerebral lobe. Visual-spatial abilities are largely controlled by the parietal lobe, whereas the limbic system, a much more primitive system, is responsible for emotions.

I have a high IQ, but I do not consider myself to be alexithymic. However, I am very emotionally immature. I have always been a highly verbal individual, and I can always express through words how I'm feeling and why I'm feeilng that way. It's just that I get upset by "minor" things and have much more intense reactions/emotions to events than neurotypicals. I am often seen as "emotionally detached" because of how I am very logical and tend to explain feelings in a pedantic way, but that doesn't mean that I'm not able to explain the feelings to begin with.

I think that, in general (including in the case of alexithymia), the only "real" substance that can be derived from the left/right brain debate is that the left hemisphere usually is responsible for verbal abilities (because that's the hemisphere Broca's and Wernicke's areas usually are found) and that the right parietal lobe is usually the most responsible for visual-spatial concepts.

omg i think you just solved my search for a name for roleplayer charecter im really obsesive about names meaning something so this is perfect (though it will will be a girl so maybe alexis or alexa or something like that.


well i might use that i but think there is already a chareter with that name maybe ill used it as amiddle name

I get it that you were or are upset.
The TOS do NOT allow you to say what you said.....period.
Re-read the TOS ,man-up and apologize.

thanks for the responses everyone.

my suspicion is that alexithymia correlates with a high IQ, but i can't find anything to prove it.

there are some real gaps in published autism research which is a little troubling.

I do agree with this. While there are interesting aspects to each hemisphere, including what damage to each hemisphere results in behaviorally or perceptually, it is difficult to make blanket statements about each side.

Lol, glad to help! The other reason I like Alex as a name is because it can be male or female, and my character is non-gendered

I just checked myself into an intensive outpatient program to deal with depression. My Alexithymia score is 142 and I think this is the root cause of my persistant depression along with job and relationship issues.

I'm beginning to wonder if in fact I don't have Aspergers, and just have Alexithymia. If I become able to consistantly and constructively access my positive emotions (ie happiness, love) it will be interesting to see how my Asperger traits are affected over time.

Considerable stress has left me feeling mostly anger, frustration and confusion...this recks my emotional bank account. Because I'm not feeling love or happiness, there is nothing to deposit in the account making me feel emotionaly "overdrawn"...empty, dead inside.

My childhood was the perfect recipe for developing the Alexithymia personality trait. Perhaps because of Aspergers I was sensitive to the abuse/neglect and developed Alexithimia. Or, perhaps the abuse/neglect caused Alexithymia and my natural personality and coping methods cause me seem Aspergers (score 134).

Anyhow, I theorize that the overlaps between Autism, Alexithymia and the "Highly Sensitive Person" are not coincidental. This overlap seems to correlate well with the "Intense World Theory".

Anyone else happen to notice that as well?

I highly doubt Alexithymia effects your IQ score. I do believe however, it would have an effect on your over all EQ score. But Autistic people generally score very low on the EQ anyway.