Alexithymia..

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Hi,

Ive been have allot of emotional problems lately, or rather ive become more aware of the ones ive had all my life since i started using anti-depressants awhile back, since then my anxiety has faded for the most part which is nice and probably good for my stress issues, but it has not done much for my depression and it has left me open to further insight into physical feelings in my body which i am pretty sure is emotions of various kinds.
This development has now gotten to the point i am barely managing to function, and i have great difficulty getting much sleep, though i have been using mild sleeping pills for about 9 months now..i wonder if there are any good methods i can do to identify and deal with these emotions, which i understand to be negative/bad emotions, but i am unsure about the reality of them, in all likelihood they are loneliness and frustration (due to living alone and such), but other then that i am clueless, all iknow is that it feels like a big hole where my stomach is and at times i feel like vomiting, so much so that i gag, but i never get it out of my body, i also feel like i have to move all the time, to not let my body be still...

Ive been going to my local doctor and lately ive been asking to try Oxytocin nasal spray, to help me get further insight and to be able to better bond with women, as now i can date women, but i never really bond with them, other then a shallow mimic that i play from memory and shallow desire, i also hope that this nasal spray will help me regain my sexual life, as the last years ive not been able to prefor as i should, at first i deduced it to anxiety, but now i fear its from a lack of bonding with the other person that is hampering me..


wondering if people could supply me with some good sites on Alexithymia, and or some good advice?

Regards

A long time ago I reached the point of being completely devoid of emotion (and I am 19) - assuming my brain was ever capable of processing it in the first place. The only solution was to create artificial ones - so you can train yourself how to respond to different situations, or you can substitute one you know of for the one you desire (I would highly discourage substituting enthusiastic motivation with fear though as it can get physically violent). That might not be what you are looking for though, but just a thought.

I would highly recommend getting a pet. Even if it is just a goldfish, something that is alive. Supposedly people who have problems with attachment keep pets as a solution. Another thing is to look back on past head injuries or trauma in your life. Alexythimia can be caused by either.

Here's a good site: Emotional Bankruptcy

I do have a cat, so thats not a problem, and i am sure it does help and has helped me to grow my emotions and the awareness of them via oxytocin production...i talked with my doctor today actually and the oxytocin nasal spray is not yet approved for this sort of treatment yet, so i have to either wait of look for an alternative medical solution, so i will look more into medical solutions in the coming weeks until my next doctors appointment.

I was involved in a few incidents of head trauma as a child, but i have done various tests through my childhood due to these incidents, without finding any injury, although according to one neurological test done a few years back in my adult state indicated that there might be minor brain damage, but no real justification for this was given, so i dont know what was meant by these words?

Thank you for the link, i will look into it...