When Your Instruments Lie: Understanding Alexithymia and Interoceptionin Neurodivergent Adults

I am a licensed clinical therapist. I specialize in neurodivergence and complex trauma. I help people understand their nervous systems for a living. And I spent an extremely expensive evening at an NFL game completely unable to access or regulate my own.

That's not irony. That's alexithymia and interoceptive differences, doing exactly what they do.

If you've ever been asked "how does that make you feel?" and found yourself genuinely unable to answer — not deflecting, not avoiding, actually not knowing — this is for you.