Sleeping when depressed
Ren1208
November 14th, 2023
I realized that when I'm going downhill I sleep so much I don't know if it's to sleep the feelings away or just not having the energy to move but I would like to know if anyone has found anything to push yourself out of bed to get up if so please do share.
HidaYasu
November 15th, 2023
@Ren1208 For me, sleeping became a subconscious "escape" to get away from my problems. So I had to start telling myself "all this sleeping isn't actually helping. I have to do something else." It did sort of help me kind of get out of that "automatic" desire for sleep, and stay awake longer.
In your case, it COULD be an energy thing too. Depression really does sap our energy, so you could be struggling with functioning normally, which translates to more sleep.