Alexithymia is: (A) A feeling of intense rapture, (B) Pathological sadness, (C) Affective flattening, (D) Inability to recognize and describe feelings
Answer is D. Alexithymia is inability or difficulty in describing or being aware of one's emotions or moods; elaboration of fantasies associated with depression, substance abuse, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Reference:Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive textbook of Psychiatry Tenth edition, Volume 3 Pg.4559