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February 02, 2026

Alexithymia

By Jim Murdoch

Alexithymia

…is a personality trait that involves difficulty
identifying, understanding, and describing emotions



Sad, like, red, is a conveniencism.
Nothing is red and no one is sad
but it's easier to imagine they are.

I'm not sad right now but I Iook it.
I pretty much always look sad but
that fails to express the spectra of

submotions and sub-submotions I
feel wash over me every moment
of every day. 'Sad' aims to cram a

galaxy into a single gigantic pixel.
And that is sad.







Article © Jim Murdoch. All rights reserved.
Published on 2026-02-02
Image(s) © Sand Pilarski. All rights reserved.
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