Alexithymia is a condition analogous to color blindness for emotions. It prevents people from feeling and expressing any feelings. Caleb, who is an alexithymia patient says, “It may be hard to believe, but it is possible for someone to be cut off completely from the emotions and imagination that are such a big part of what makes us humans, and that a person can be cut off from emotions without being heartless, or a psychopath.” Emotionless people describe their happy and sad days without problem, neither do they feel the pain nor the overwhelming happiness.
Be it the death of a close one or even their own wedding day, nothing seems to affect them unlike “normal” people. Getting to know these people makes us look at ourselves in a more self-reflective manner. For instance, when observing alexthymia patients, one might ask themselves “how can these people fall in love?”, “Are they are…
