Alex Smith
its unfortunate
Smith is a favoured former
Fortyniner QB of a buddy who overcame a spiral compound fracture of his tibia
and fibula November 2018 against the Texans he endured seventeen surgeries over nine
months refused a recommended amputation and in 2020 was named NFLs Comeback
Player of the Year he was playing for the
Chiefs
which was
fortunate
howeveras he saw it the misfortune lay in the fact his buddy likely
suffers alexithymia
no words for emotions
an inability to recognise or describe his emotions
frankly lacking the emotions themselves
while he knew something was off with
him he couldnt put his finger on it he
thought it was a defense mechanism when confronted with difficult emotions in
others
couplethree years ago he related to him that over Thanksgiving his eldest sister took him off to a side and asked him if he had ever heard of alexithymia
he hadnt
she said she believes his lack of emotion which
she has noticed in him since he was a boy might be due to it
Your sisters not a mental health
professional
No, no, she read an article
and it piqued her attention. She then read a series of medical articles
researching it
Wha do you think
It is what it is.
I hate that lineone of my few
hates Thats feeble man
Well . . I’ve come this far.
Did she say there was a therapy
I didn’t ask, I’m not interested.
hes come this far
he lives alone
has few people he needs to negotiate
hes probably happyfeels good that emotions dont tear him up
hes watched him struggle threefour
times shows in his face
to comprehendunderstand other peoples emotions
particularly sorrow exit stage whicheverway
to get the hell out of Dodge
sympathycompassion must be in him
somewhere locked in a cagekept in a
soundproofed room atrophied no exercise no muscle memory
its something hes put in his back
pocket to remember to pulloutto temper
his own emotions regarding him when hes chill or vacates the premise when a confrontation
– not a better word for it – becomes apparent
alexithymia is probably an
excellent explanation why his buddy invokes IQs or dimensionality a continuum on which an individual can have
various levels of a characteristic in contrast – who doesnt love contrasting –
to a dichotomous take
a breath categorical approach in which an
individual not
a persongawd forbid does or does not possess a
characteristic HA he cites IQs or
dimensionality in contrast to EQ
emotional quotient Duhhuh
knowing this little wrinkle
helps him keep things even keel if if he can quell his emotions to remind himself
catchword Alex Smith alexithymia
afternoon, Reggae Friday, 10 9.
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