Why do I feel so depressed at night?
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Moderated by Danielle Johnson, MSED, Community mental Health Counseling, LMHC
Updated: Oct 12, 2021
Anonymous
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Oct 3, 2016
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At night, you are alone with your thoughts, enabling you to feel much more sad as you have more chance to think about it. there's probably also some scientific reason that idk because i'm bad at science
Solia
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Nov 14, 2016
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At night is usually when people go to sleep and everything gets quiet, therefore you are likely to have less distractions and night-time can easily become lonely. It also gets dark at night, which can make you feel depressed.
dancingJoy75
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Feb 7, 2017
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Sometimes we are tired. Our mind is still chatting from the day and although your body is relaxed your mind is not.
electricHorizon81
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Aug 21, 2015
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It is because your mind is idle and all the negative thoughts tend to seep in. Clear your head before sleeping. Either writing it down or talking to someone might help.
Anonymous
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Aug 21, 2015
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At night, there are fewer people to keep me company when I'm feeling really sad and there's no sunlight around to make me feel better.
Hoper12
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Aug 26, 2015
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Let me say from experience, everything seems worse at night. For one you're tired and you can't process your emotions and cope with your feelings as well. Another problem is at night we tend to feel more alone. But its important to remember that we aren't alone and that tomorrow is a new day. Usually when I wake up after a night of feeling depressed I realize things weren't as bad as they seemed. Its hard to realize that when you're in the moment of course but remember it gets better. Sleep on it and deal with the sadness in the morning when your mind is in a bit better place.
Anonymous
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Aug 27, 2015
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It is when everything become dark, we are alone, there is just silence and we can hear our own mind.
Anonymous
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Aug 27, 2015
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The nights often get lonely. You're alone with your thoughts and especially if you want to sleep and try to relax they all crawl up at once.
AverageGirl05
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Aug 28, 2015
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It may be because the light has gone down so the darkness brings out the bad feeling from inside. At night we tend to thing of things more deeply as we have less of a distraction from everything around us.
Anonymous
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Aug 30, 2015
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People tend to feel more depressed at night because that's a time they are alone. Also they have time to think alone xx
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