Too much sleep can also cause depression. I would know I sometimes sleep during the day and when i wake up i get upset that i did accomplish the things i wanted to do during the day.
Can sleep deprivation cure depression?
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Re: Can sleep deprivation cure depression?
#222The New York to Italy example in the article is a bit confusing to me. Seems that there's about 6 hours difference between Milan and New York, and the flight itself is 8~9 hours. Leaving New York at 6PM, arrives Milan at 3AM EST, 9AM Milan time.
"Instead of shifting you earlier to Italian time, it makes you feel it’s even later — that the night is over and it’s already morning." Does the body choose to this because shifting to "already morning" is smaller difference(6 hours) than "still not night time" (18 hours)?
Re: Can sleep deprivation cure depression?
#223Depression is a symptom of sleep apnea, which is essentially sleep deprivation. In fact, the disease was only uncovered because psychiatrists at Stanford were noticing that all their depression patients were complaining about their sleep.