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==Alexithymia==
==Alexithymia==
 
Psychiatrists call this phenomenon alexthymia — Greek for not having words for feelings.<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Van der Kolk
|first=Bessel
|init=
|author-link=Bessel van der Kolk
|year=2014
|title=The Body Keeps the Score
|url=
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|volume=
|chapter=Chapter Six
|scope=
|page=100
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|publisher=Penguin Books
|ISBN=978-9-14312774-1
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|accessdate=2023-07-16
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Bollinger and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (2011) associated [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the trauma of [[circumcision]].<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal
Bollinger and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (2011) associated [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the trauma of [[circumcision]].<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal
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  |DOI=10.3149/jmh.1002.184
  |DOI=10.3149/jmh.1002.184
  |accessdate=2019-12-12
  |accessdate=2019-12-12
}}</ref>
}}</ref>  


Bollinger & Chapin (2019) reported that [https://simplyhealth.today/16-common-triggers-of-adverse-childhood-experiences/?msclkid=a663823c1fa01a8515b9e0f09aaad3bd adverse childhood experiences], which includes circumcision, is a cause of alexithemia.<ref name="bolinger2019">{{REFdocument
Bollinger & Chapin (2019) reported that [https://simplyhealth.today/16-common-triggers-of-adverse-childhood-experiences/?msclkid=a663823c1fa01a8515b9e0f09aaad3bd adverse childhood experiences], which includes circumcision, is a cause of alexithemia.<ref name="bolinger2019">{{REFdocument