Oddly Compelling

This book starts out with the definition of alexithymia (the inability to identify and express one's feelings--heard of it? I sure hadn't) and takes off from there. Despite his glaring differences from the norm, he is able to draw in another of the school's misfits, and this connection is a pivotal point in his life. Since this problem was only identified in the 1970s, I found myself wondering how many people I'd met who had it, and how I might have thought of them had I known. Kinda makes one cringe, right?