@neuroteachers I'm an Autistic nurse & teach professionals about Autism & Neurodivergence in my job.

I relate Alexithymia to interoception & start by explaining interoception. I use the example of what it feels like to need to pee - you can't describe it, but your brain automatically knows... @neuroteachers ...what those bodily sensations mean - that's interoception. Then I explain that it's the same when you feel an emotion, except for those of us with Alexithymia our brain can't process and interpret the bodily sensations instinctively. So, we can physically feel and...

I think Sports Bras are up there with Sexism, Gender pay gap, Periods, and Risk of sexual assault, in the list of the worst things about being female 😣
1/3 Literally squeezing the life out of us, one sweaty, exhausted gasp at a time.
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