Depression is strongly associated with alexithymia in the general population.

By K. Honkalampi, J. Hintikka, A. Tanskanen, J. Lehtonen, H. Viinamäki. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2000

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Brief Report: Cognitive Processing of Own Emotions in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and in Their Relatives (2004, background): “Post hoc Tukey tests revealed that this difference arose from a significantly older mean age of the ASDs depression in the general population ( Honkalampi, Hintikka, Tanskanen, Lehtonen, & Viinamaki, 2000 ).”
Self-Objectification, Disordered Eating, and Depression (2011, background): “These consequences of self-objectification are further associated with women’s vulnerability to disordered eating (Honkalampi et al., 2000; Sim & Zeman, 2004) and depressive symptoms (Godart et al., 2003; Ohayon & Schatzberg, 2010).”
Relationship between interoceptive accuracy, interoceptive sensibility, and alexithymia (2018, background): “, diabetes, obesity, eating disorders, and depression, in which low interoceptive abilities are also reported (e.g., Cochrane, Brewerton, Wilson, & Hodges, 1993; Herbert & Pollatos, 2014; Honkalampi et al., 2000; Pinna et al., 2011; Pollatos et al., 2008).”
New Trends in Alexithymia Research (2004, background): “During the past decade, several studies have shown that alexithymia is associated strongly with depression in both general and clinical populations [”