Pasquini M, Bitetti D, Decaminada F, Pasquini P
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IDI-IRCCS), Roma.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1997;33(4):605-8.
Alexithymia is not infrequent among psychosomatic patients. The incapacity to decode one's own emotional experience implies an exacerbation of the physiological response through a recursive loop. If this vicious circle is maintained it can increase the risk of psychosomatic diseases which could be in this way regarded as functions of external meaningful events mediated by the central nervous system. The meaning varies from one individual to another and depends on his cognitive-emotional organisation. In order to study such an organisation, it can be useful to classify his mental state regarding his attachment. The authors, who previously observed an association between psychosomatic skin disease and the "non-free" mental state with regard to attachment, suggest that further studies on psychosomatic patients should be conducted applying the principles and methods of the attachment theory.
述情障碍在身心疾病患者中并不少见。无法解读自身的情感体验意味着通过一个递归循环加剧生理反应。如果这个恶性循环持续下去，会增加身心疾病的风险，因此可以认为身心疾病是由中枢神经系统介导的外部有意义事件的作用结果。其意义因人而异，取决于个体的认知-情感组织。为了研究这样一种组织，根据个体的依恋情况对其心理状态进行分类可能会有所帮助。作者们此前观察到身心性皮肤病与依恋方面的“非自由”心理状态之间存在关联，他们建议应运用依恋理论的原则和方法对身心疾病患者进行进一步研究。
