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Alexithymia: When Feelings Have No Words (and Creativity Speaks)

By Scribbledeedo® Team 18 August 2026
A plain paper mask with colourful paint blooming from inside, no real face visible

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Alexithymia isn't a lack of feeling — it's a difficulty translating feeling into words. How art, movement and sound give children a language for what words can't yet carry.

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