Sleeping less than five hours a night can raise depression risk, study suggests

Haus@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world – 213 points –
theguardian.com

Consistently short sleep duration more likely to precede symptoms than inverse, genetic data reveal

26

You are viewing a single comment

So you're depressed and can't sleep, so you sleep less which makes you more depressed, which means you fall asleep late, so you get even less sleep...

"Just snap out of it" - people who have no idea what you're going through

"Just snap out of it" hits close to home. I didn't realize a lot about depression and felt like I could just eat right or exercise... The Hilarious World of Depression podcast really helped me figure out we aren't just a good day away from being fine.

1 more...