This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Symptoms and signs in psychiatry and classification, Subject name: Psychiatry
Alexithymia is 
Select and explain. 
A. A feeling of intense rapture, B. Pathological sadness, C. Affective flattening, D. Inability to recognize and describe feelings
D: Inability to recognize and describe feelings
Answer: D: Inability to recognize and describe feelings 
Explanation: 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