This 2026 expanded edition includes new chapters on emotional memory, emotional blind spots, the mask of functioning, and intimacy repair, along with reflection exercises and hands-on practices drawn from the companion workbook. Everything you need in one book.
You love someone. You know you do. But when they ask what you're feeling, the words won't come. Or you're the one asking, searching their face for something you can't find, wondering if the silence means you're not enough.
Alexithymia affects how millions of people experience and express emotion. It's not coldness. It's not a choice. It's a brain that processes feelings differently, turning what should be a conversation into a translation problem neither person signed up for.
This expanded edition draws on neuroscience, real stories from couples and families, and practical exercises to help you understand what's actually happening when emotional connection breaks down. Whether you live with alexithymia yourself, love someone who does, or work with clients trying to make sense of it, this book gives you something most relationship guides don't: honesty about how hard this is, and real tools that work with your brain instead of against it.
Includes reflection exercises and practices adapted from the companion workbook, so you can move from understanding to action without needing a second book on your nightstand.
Love doesn't always sound the way you expect it to. Sometimes it shows up as the coffee made exactly right, the quiet presence that never wavers, the spreadsheet that keeps your life running. This book helps you recognize it in all its forms.
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。
