Alexythemia is a neurological condition where the person cannot readily access emotional lexicon, has a poor ability to express emotion and to identify with the feelings of other people, and is generally emotionally immature. There is a website on this subject (type alexythemia into Google), and it contains an Alexythemia quiz/quotient. I scored very high alexythemia traits on this quiz, but I was interested to know how Alexythemia and aspergers converge. Alexythemia is a condition in its own right, and it usually, but not always, coexists with Asperger's syndrome, to a greater or lesser degree. There is also an impoverished fantasy world, and thinking tends to be practical, operational, or utilitarian in its nature, as opposed to feelings based. However, quite a few people with AS have a very rich, but atypical, imagination and fantasy world, so clearly not all people with AS are extremely alexythemic. Any thoughts?
