2007-04-06 13:46:14 · 7 answers · asked by Free Dog Bounty Hunter 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The best thing I've found that helps depression is lots of exercise. Too much sleep can do more harm than good. Don't forget the vitamin B12 and plenty of vitamin C.
2007-04-06 13:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by JY. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I'm depressed, I sleep a lot. It helps to just not have to think about anything and be at peace. Excessive sleeping is a symptom of depression. If it gets too bad, you may need to talk to a Doctor about getting some help. I hope you feel better soon.
2007-04-06 14:07:36 · answer #2 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no, sleeping more than normal is an outcome of depression.
Depression can be made worse by lack of sleep.
The important thing is that depression needs to be treated by professionals. Treating it yourself can do more harm than good. Many people "sleep" because it helps them feel better but in reality they are letting their life slip away and not getting rid of the things that need to be gotten rid of, addressing the problems that need to be changed.
Depression is part chemical imbalance of neurotransmitters, it is also a rebellion against some elements of your life that you want to change or address but for some reason you feel pressured by your value system, family, friends, employer or society and you don't make the changes or acknowledge wrong things that happened to you. Eventually part of you rebels by becoming depressed.
I have a friend who graduated from school with me and became a very succesful engineer like his father. He slid into a deep depression and after some therapy and some big battles with his wife and family he quit his engineering job.
It took a long time for his father to speak to him again. But his house was paid for and he took a minimum wage job and began to write. Instead of working weekends and overtime he started going to movies (eventually his wife started to go with him), took a lot of daytime university courses on theology and psychology and joined a chess club. He never became a succesful writer, but he is lot happier now than he was then.
What he wanted was to have time to enjoy himself and get away from a job that he hated and demanded all his weekends and loads of overtime during the day. I suspect there is more to the story than that, but in the long term he realized that if he didn't address those issues he would remain depressed.
2007-04-06 14:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know if it helps, but when i'm depressed I usually sleep so I can think. Its probably comforting to you because you have no time to think about everything and want to get away so you sleep.
2007-04-06 13:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep is often a natural response to want to escape. It is OK for a short period, a means of coping and renewal. But it will not, in itself "help" the move out of depression.
What is often needed is an effort to break a spiral of sleeping more and more. That means doing the thing that is most uncomfortable to do -- getting out with understanding, caring people. Exercise is also an energy builder, as is proper diet.
Further, sometimes medication can bring more energy to help snap the pattern of lethargy and self-pity.
2007-04-06 13:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by waldguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The desire to sleep is a natural effect of depression. Its not a cure, while you may feel better wanting to sleep you need to get up and out if the desire is not there then seek medcal help. You would be surprised how much better you feel when you shake it off.
2007-04-06 13:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess its a individual thing.
Exercise is good.
Keeping busy to forget things which make one think negative then depressed is good as well.
2007-04-06 13:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by Nijuu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋