{"podcast":{"title":"AuDHD Flourishing","slug":"audhd-flourishing-6336580","podcast_index_feed_id":6336580,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643789a2ba30d20010916124","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/audhd","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1681361009096-e1fc7f0180185eee01ce539966c60842.jpeg","author":"Mattia Maurée","episode_count":177,"summary":"The monotropic neurotype of Autism + ADHD holds strengths and challenges. Typical advice often doesn't work for us! Your AuDHD host, Mattia Maurée (they/them), shares research, lived experience, and practical advice from coaching over 400 neurodivergent folks. They focus on feeling better first, before tackling the big life design questions. You're doing great, you belong here, and it's possible to feel a lot better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T14:22:16.246596+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audhd-flourishing-6336580"},"episode":{"title":"139 Alexithymia - Feeling While AuDHD","slug":"139-alexithymia-feeling-while-audhd","published_at":"2026-04-18T17:58:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audhd-flourishing-6336580/139-alexithymia-feeling-while-audhd","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audhd-flourishing-6336580","url":"https://shows.acast.com/audhd/episodes/69d6852547ecb945c23e0f67","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643789a2ba30d20010916124/e/69d6852547ecb945c23e0f67/media.mp3","summary":"Alexithymia is common in AuDHDers, and involves having trouble identifying and communicating emotions. There are a lot of reasons this can be the case, including: interoception differences lack of useful training in emotional skills & language different emotional experiences than expected in the situation Childhood Emotional Neglect (which can cause alexithymia) Alexithymia is NOT a disorder! It's a difference. And... you may have reasons to question whether there are aspects of it you want to address. Additional reading: When you can read everyone but yourself: on autistic and ADHD emotional awareness by Morgana Clementine What Is Alexithymia? Defined, Explained, and Linked to Neurodivergence from Neurodivergent Insights Alexithymia on Stimpunks (various quotations gathered) AuDHD Flourishing resources: Transcript Doc (often a few weeks behind, but we do catch up!) Mattia's Newsletter Like Your Brain   community space (Patreon/Discord) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Alexithymia is common in AuDHDers, and involves having trouble identifying and communicating emotions. There are a lot of reasons this can be the case, in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/audhd-flourishing-6336580/episodes/139-alexithymia-feeling-while-audhd/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/audhd-flourishing-6336580/139-alexithymia-feeling-while-audhd.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}