For years I thought my emotional system was defective. I was wrong.
Alexithymia is not an absence. It is a “low-noise” operating system optimized for logic rather than biochemical storms. I explore this paradox between neurodivergence and neural architecture in this essay.
You can read it for free (no paywall) here:
https://medium.com/the-unexpected-autistic-life/the-fish-that-no-longer-wanted-to-fly-06a1305113cb?sk=e6828f387679f8ff43429d287970dff4
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The Alexithymia Paradox: Why My Brain Processes Logic Instead of EmotionBetween neurodivergence and high-functioning alexithymia: How a “low-noise” neural architecture redefines human connection.