Yikes

Last night I slept 15 hours, from 6:00pm to 9:00am. I’m wondering if I slept so long because I was depressed or if I was depressed from lack of sleep.

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Sara

Wow. Is everything ok? I'm sorry about waking you up.

drublood

None of the above. It's because I'm not around to kick yr ass.

Kate

I gotta say - I think Dru's right. Should I kick yr ass fr hr?

drublood

prmission to kick chris's ass in my absnce, grantd.

*hrts*hgs*

-drbld

Prentiss Riddle

Seriously, I heard recently about some psychiatric research which indicates that sleep disturbance always plays a role in depression. That is, according to the theory something causes a particular kind of sleep disturbance which in turn triggers the biological mechanisms of depression. It could be a crock, but it's an interesting idea.

susan

I have to say, in recent years I have noticed more and more how sleep and eating habits affect my moods and those of people around me. Obviously, it works the other way around too (anxiety makes it hard to sleep, for example). But I'm still surprised at how much better I feel emotionally when I manage to get a reasonable amount of sleep and when I eat regularly and eat fairly healthy stuff. Not that I always do a perfect job in either department, but the better I do the better I tend to feel.

Since your sleep schedule is more under your control (ostensibly) than your emotional state, it seems like the best thing to do would be to try to get more sleep regularly and see if you feel better. If you think it's possible you were just catching up on sleep, you must not have been getting much sleep lately. Give it a try--if nothing else, making a point of taking care of yourself can help you feel better emotionally because you're doing something nurturing for yourself.