alexithymic vs gloomy

alexithymic

adj
  • Lacking in emotion or emotional expression. 

  • Pertaining to or having alexithymia. 

noun
  • A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions 

gloomy

adj
  • Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. 

  • Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening. 

noun
  • Someone or something that is gloomy or pessimistic. 

How often have the words alexithymic and gloomy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )