

Non empathic to be incapable of recognizing emotions that are being experienced by another person.Įmotionless showing, having, or expressing no emotionĬallous 2. a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness. Insensitive lacking feeling or tact = so insensitive as to laugh at someone in pain Furthermore, individuals suffering from alexithymia also have difficulty in distinguishing and appreciating the emotions of others, which is thought to lead to unempathic and ineffective emotional respondingĪdjectives to describe someone who is emotionally shallow and lacking in empathy The core characteristics of alexithymia are marked dysfunction in emotional awareness, social attachment, and interpersonal relating.

Inadequate, defective, incompetent, behind the curve. Is a personality construct characterized by the sub-clinical inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. All of these items relate to feeling, or somehow being made to feel: Insulted, disparaged, disrespected, distrusted, devalued, or discounted. Empaths don't want to be a burden, so they hide their own emotions. They do this in part so that they maybe seen as a source of strength for those around them. In females this includes: large widely spaced eyes, small chins and small noses. Developmental biologists use the word 'neoteny' for the retention of juvenile physical features in mature adults. There are those who wear their emotions on their sleeves and others who hide them at all cost. Related to the medical term "blunted affect"ĭysthymia: a mood disorder that has a number of typical characteristics: low energy and drive, low self-esteem, and a low capacity for pleasure in everyday life They will usually find little pleasure in usual activities and pastimes Empaths may try to conceal the fact that they are so sensitive. Another psychological dimension to sunglasses is their ability to promote the illusion of having a baby-face. Though we were created with a variety of them, we struggle to balance the rise and fall of our ever-changing feelings.
