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8% |
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| 95-112 (possible alexithemia) |
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13% |
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| 113+ (alexithemia) |
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78% |
[ 178 ] |
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Neolmas
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: Apr 16, 2008
Age: 32
Posts: 38
Location: New Mexico
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I scored 156, and I think I'm pretty alexithymic. For tests like this I begin to question the effectiveness of self-scoring. It's probably best to answer the questions in the presence of people who know you very well if you think you might have it. Assuming that anyone knows you very well, that is. But the test assumes that on some questions anyway.
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millie
bits, pieces, brass, animals
Joined: Oct 26, 2008
Age: 50
Posts: 3448
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Odd_Duck
Blue Jay
Joined: Oct 29, 2008
Age: 42
Posts: 92
Location: Seattle-ish
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146. Interestingly, I had my wife fill out the test with her view of me and she came up with exactly the same score for me.
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Orbyss
Pending...
Joined: Feb 20, 2008
Age: 31
Posts: 1226
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61. I really struggle with words for my emotions, since they seem a lot more...something than just your ordinary 'angry,' 'sad,' 'ecstatic,' 'furious,' etc. Even on those drop-down emoticon selectors on livejournal, myspace, and other sites, I get stumped. I feel too many things at once, how'n hell am I supposed to describe the depths of that?
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Cate
Tufted Titmouse
Joined: May 29, 2010
Age: 26
Posts: 38
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Not surprisingly: 177.
It's official. I am a robot. |
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TPE2
Phoenix
Joined: Oct 21, 2008
Posts: 1451
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Result: 111
Possible alexithymia: You show some alexithymic traits |
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marshall
Under the whirlwind
Joined: Apr 15, 2007
Posts: 9202
Location: Western Michigan
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Not sure how accurate this test is. If I have trouble describing my emotions it may be because they are more complex or alien compared to the norm for which the English language was developed, or the fact that I strive for greater description/accuracy than most people which requires more effort.
I've also experienced "confusing bodily sensations" due to the various cocktails of psychiatric drugs I've been to try and deal with my depression. I think I just feel things that are outside the realm of experience for normies. |
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KissOfMarmaladeSky
Phoenix
Joined: Aug 25, 2010
Posts: 532
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| Men score higher on the alexithymia test because of societal expectations and stereotypes, since men are often raised with the completely false thought that emotions are for "sissies". Men aren't brought up to be empathetic and emotional, so if one has strong emotions, they single them out. Masculinity is not about being "macho"; it is about knowing what you believe is right and sticking to your thoughts and values. |
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Valoyossa
Humanoid
Joined: Feb 21, 2010
Age: 26
Posts: 2287
Location: Freie Stadt Danzig
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I don't know how exactly points I got, because test doesn't work in Opera. Maybe I'll try in other browser.
I guess I have high points, because I chose many "agree" answers.
I have problems with recognising and describing my or other's feelings. I have my own scale good - medium - bad and it's enough. When somebody asks how I feel, I use one of them. People often don't understand it.
Recently I learned to pretend feelings and I play Oooh yeah, it's so important to me, I'm so nervous! Keep your fingers crossed! I'm so afraid! Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Maybe I'm not so good actress as I thought.
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clumsybee
Deinonychus
Joined: May 23, 2010
Age: 21
Posts: 398
Location: Syracuse, NY
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| 127. It would've been higher if there were less questions based off daydreaming, because all those questions were 1's. |
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Coldkick
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 30, 2010
Age: 19
Posts: 398
Location: Sarnia, Ontario
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alexptrans
Phoenix
Joined: Jun 01, 2010
Age: 170
Posts: 876
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I don't know why, but I just couldn't take answer those questions. Some of them I didn't understand, for others I could give completely different answers depending on how I thought about the question. There were only a couple of questions which I could answer honestly and truthfully. For example:
26. - When involved in difficult or turbulent relationships, I sometimes develop confusing physical symptoms.
What the hell does that mean? Are there non-difficult relationships? What is a turbulent relationship? By "confusing physical symptoms", do they mean symptoms that are hard to diagnose? I'd need a lot more information on the meaning of each question to answer this damn test. It really annoyed the hell out of me for some reason. |
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elderwanda
Lemon Zing
Joined: Nov 18, 2008
Age: 45
Posts: 1555
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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Result: 108
Possible alexithymia: You show some alexithymic traits
This had too many questions that were impossible to answer. For most of them I put "undecided", which would explain my score.
I hate those question which say, "People tell you...." or "others complain that you...." Those kind of questions completely depend on the kind of people you have in your life. Some people are emotionally needy, and will complain if they don't think you are talking about your feelings enough. If you have a lot of people like that in your life, then you'll hear their complaints a lot, and could get a completely different score. I don't talk about my feeling much, or get super-involved in other people's emotional problems, but no one seems to expect me to, so they aren't complaining. |
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FireBird
Can't think cows will eat me!
Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Age: 30
Posts: 2296
Location: Cow Town
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| I scored 132 I hope I added it right. Right now I can't describe my feelings while other times I am hyper aware of emotions. |
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earthmonkey
Phoenix
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
Age: 23
Posts: 622
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I got 92.
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