#alexithymia

#alexithymia

Researchers have found that mentalization is an undervalued treatment for people in addiction recovery. Mentalization-based treatment helps people reflect upon and redirect urges and impulses. Knowing one's mind, feelings, triggers, and motivations, however conflicted, improves outcomes in work, love, life, and re-creating a life. Better understanding of the inner states and traits of others is also useful. Secure attachment fosters mentalization or a capacity to understand, process, and manage one's inner life.