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==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= |work= |editor= |edition= |volume= |chapter=Chapter Six |scope= |page=100 |pages= |location= |publisher=Penguin Books |ISBN=978-9-14312774-1 |quote= |accessdate=2023-07-16 |note=}}</ref>
Bollinger and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (2011) associated [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the trauma of [[circumcision]].<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal
|last=Bollinger
|DOI=10.3149/jmh.1002.184
|accessdate=2019-12-12
}}</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