Are there any self-help techniques?
The following is a provisional list of self help guidelines (proposed by Triton). • Recognize Alex. Don’t ignore it. • Don’t try to correct failures by punishment or contempt. • Negotiate a ‘co-supportive’ relationship with a ‘non-alex’ person (e.g. therapist, friend, partner). • Cultivate a keener sense of other people’s emotional needs judging by their verbal and physical cues. • Learn the BIGGEST repertoire of “appropriate” feeling responses you can, based on cues from others, and use them, even if they feel automated or phoney. This will get you through to your old age with the least amount of damage to yourself from mistakes. • Take time and patience to learn how to recognize and name your own emotional/feeling states. • Be wary of friends bearing common-sense advice: such suggestions are usually intended for people with a normal range of feelings and emotions, and may not be suitable for alexithymics. Some alexithymics find it helpful to maintain a predictable and stable routine,
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