Well, it's Internet Quiz Time again...

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[Informal] Alexithymia Questionnaire
Category: Difficulty Identifying Feelings: 17 Points <15 - 18>
In this category you show some alexithymic traits.
Category: Difficulty Describing Feelings: 14 Points <10 - 12>
In this category you show high alexithymic traits.
Category: Vicarious Interpretation of Feelings: 9 Points <8 - 9>
In this category you show some alexithymic traits.
Category: Externally-Oriented Thinking: 35 Points <18 - 21>
In this category you show high alexithymic traits.
Category: Restricted Imaginative Processes: 16 Points <18 - 21>
In this category you show no alexithymic traits.
Category: Problematic Interpersonal Relationships: 30 Points <15 - 18>
In this category you show high alexithymic traits.
[...in context, I think this is less me acting in an alexithymic way and more my frequently interacting with people in real life who, in Tumblr-speak, have an endless ocean of FEELS. Intense feels. Which are supposed to be ttly obviousssss!1/1/!?! ebcause FEELS omg howcn u nto have FEELS baout this yuo soulless person??? adn if you dont' understand teh feels then you just dont get it stop asking questiosn ugh FEELS]
Category: Sexual Difficulties and Disinterest: 12 Points <10 - 12>
In this category you show some alexithymic traits.
[I gave neutral answers to the sexual questions on account of not actually having had sexual interactions with people. Pity there was no "N/A" option.]

...I'm very in-touch with my feelings. Clearly this is inaccurate. >_> Not that said navel-gazing internal examinations and self-analysis are overdeveloped compensation mechanisms or anything like that. Why, the very idea...

Comments

[lliira]

I got "no alexithymic traits" for every category. But I felt some of the questions were not necessarily on-point. For instance, someone might think they can tell what other people are feeling and be completely wrong about it. And it's annoying for anyone to want other people to guess what they're feeling. Being non-alexithymic doesn't make one Deanna Troi.

Most people get physical symptoms under stress, too. And what if someone has "confusing" physical symptoms because they have yet to be diagnosed with mononucleosis or rheumatoid arthritis or something? The sex questions also bugged me. People can feel uncomfortable with sex for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to do with being "alexithymic". The quiz doesn't take into account PTSD or body shame or asexuality or physical sexual dysfunction or bad relationships or...

Idk. The test ended up making me feel uncomfortable, even though I ended up scoring exactly what I thought I would. I don't trust tests like that, I guess.