Why do I feel so depressed at night?

Sometimes I feel depressed at night because I feel like I have not done enough good in the day. And if i have not done enough I should not be in bed I should be out doing something good or productive.

This is a noted phenomenon, caused in part by our circadian rhythm. At night, our more rational areas of the brain are less active, and the more primal, emotional areas are heightened to some extent.

At night, there's darkness outside. Everyone is sleeping, and you get alone with your thoughts. You don't want to bother anyone at night, which makes it more difficult to know how to deal with depressive thoughts. You know you have to deal with it all alone, not to wake up people you know bothering them with your problems. so you choose the easiest, yet most difficult way, trying to deal with it alone.

When you're tired, your emotions become more elevated and heightened. Every problem you face during the day becomes huge and important, and with the emotions in overdrive, the problems become sad, frustrating, confusing, and hopeless.

Because I feel abandoned by my friends, because of something I probably did in the day. Most nights I feel alone because every single person is sleeping.

Well biologically speaking due to release of serotonin . an enzyme that allows you to sleep. It works in a way so that u fall asleep. But if you don't . the enzyme works in a different way. So depression happening in night or day isn't anything weird.

sometimes it could be because of a lost of an significant other, Not being satisfied with ones life and accomplishments.

Some people feel stressed at night because their brains are no longer as active and when they lie down to sleep or relax they find their brain starts to stress about all the little things as well!

That can only be answered by you, my dear child because there are many possible scenarios such as: Do you constantly remember the things that make you feel stressed whenever you are about to sleep or Do you suddenly feel lonely because of the darkness? :D

That is a complex issue. One you may just be tired from the day. People who are already depressed use a lot of energy to do every day things like go to work or school. So you may simply be depleted at night. Secondly, you may be more lonely at night. If you come home to a empty home or are not emotionally attached to the people you live with (like roommates) you may just be noticing it more.) Lastly the brain is a complex tool. If you realize it or not it has it's own cycles and rhythms. At night the level of hormones in your body decrease. You brain is beginning your body for bed. So if you already struggle with the level in your brain you may be effected harder. That is the goal of all mental health medication is to bring those level back to normal. Unfortunately there is not a easy blood tests and trying different ones at different levels and combinations may be needed. We are always here 24/7 to talk to. So if depression hits you harder at nigh, try logging in.

you're alone with your own thoughts, it's kind of like locking yourself in a small room with a dangerous animal.

There are several different studies that suggest that your brain works differently at night if you stay up late and that sleep is necessary to sort of "recharge" it. How late are you staying up? Can you figure out ways to go to sleep earlier? Do you feel refreshed in the morning or do you still feel depressed? Also, are you getting enough sunlight during the day? Sunlight gives vitamin D to us humans which can also potentially influence mood. Talk to a doctor about this issue to get some more help and insight on what may be causing the depression and how to treat it.

Because at night you reflect on everything, good and bad, that haunts your memory. This is just what ive observed over the years but there may be more reasons as well.

You feel more alone at night, because you feel like you're the only one who's still awake. You have more time to think because the world is resting and quiet. It feels like it's just you and your feelings.

Feeling depressed at night is a very common problem so remember that you are not odd or alone in feeling this way! You may be depressed because it makes you feel lonely. You may become depressed because the night's silence leaves you to think about the things that upset you. I find music to be very helpful in keeping the mood positive on a quiet night.

It's possible that since you're unwinding down from your busy day, you're being less distracted which gives your depression time to affect you more and your thoughts to run wild.

Throughout the day, most of us are so busy rushing around, and working, and interacting, and surfing, and shopping, and doing stuff, that our 'inner self' gets very little opportunity to express itself. The inner self doesn't give up trying to communicate with us, and its best time is when things have finally calmed down a little bit, and there's a bit of peace and space, ie, bed time. Night time is quiet time (at least, relatively), when all the bustle of the day has gone. A lot of our uncomfortable, difficult emotions surface at night, simply because the distractions have disappeared. They are actually there the whole time, just we aren't paying attention to them.