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Bollinger and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] der Kolk (20112014) associated [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] said, "People with alexithemia can get better only by learning to recognize the [[trauma]] relations between their physical sensations and their emotions, much as colorblind people can only enter the world of color by learningto distinguish and appreciate shades of [[circumcision]]gray."<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournalREFbook |last=Bollinger Van der Kolk |first=DanBessel |init=D |author-link=Dan BollingerBessel van der Kolk |last2year=2014 |title=The Body Keeps the Score |url= |work= |editor=Van Howe |first2edition=Robert S. |init2volume=RS |author2-linkchapter=Robert S. Van HoweChapter Six |etalscope=no |titlepage=Alexithymia and Circumcision Trauma: A Preliminary Investigation101 |journalpages=International Journal of Men’s Health
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Van der Kolk (2014) said, "People with alexithemia can get better only by learning to recognize the relations between their physical sensations and their emotions, much as colorblind people can only enter the world of color by learning to distinguish and appreciate shades of gray."<ref>{{REFbook
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==Alexithymia==
Bollinger and [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (2011) associated [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the [[trauma]] of [[circumcision]].<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal |last=Bollinger |first=Dan |init=D |author-link=Dan Bollinger |last2=Van Howe |first2=Robert S. |init2=RS |author2-link=Robert S. Van Howe |etal=no |title=Alexithymia and Circumcision Trauma: A Preliminary Investigation |journal=International Journal of Men’s Health |location= |date=2011 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=184-95 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/676d/b908ff4629702b99da6d77739d1300370bd4.pdf |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.3149/jmh.1002.184 |accessdate=2019-12-12}}</ref> Psychiatrists call this phenomenon alexthymia — Greek for not having words for feelings.<ref>{{REFbook
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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
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