What are people lacking when they have a condition called Alexithymia, which leads to unempathic and ineffective emotional responses?
Alexithymia:  Furthermore, people with alexithymia have difficulty in distinguishing and appreciating the emotions of others, which is thought to lead to unempathic and ineffective emotional responding. Empathy: Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other person's frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another's position.
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