Episode

Ep. 114: Can't Identify Your Feelings? You Might Have Alexithymia—The Unspeaking Heart

Podcast
The Healthy Compulsive Project
Published
May 15, 2026
Duration seconds
1701
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f4edbd5
Audio
https://media.transistor.fm/3f4edbd5/d3519149.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/episodes/ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart
Markdown
/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/episodes/ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

If you’ve ever felt unsure what you want, relied on logic where feeling should guide you, or wondered why emotions seem elusive, this post is for you. Alexithymia—“the unspeaking heart”—is not a lack of feeling, but a learned and often inherited difficulty accessing it. Drawing on research, clinical insight, and everyday examples, this piece examines how emotions become blocked, the quiet costs of living without emotional clarity, and how the heart can relearn to speak through awareness, therapy, and practice.