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Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior by stephengillie on Monday October 01, 2018 @03:50PM (#18116160)
Sleeping too much is also a common symptom of depression, as the user abuses sleep to escape their life.
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Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior by zentiggr on Monday October 01, 2018 @04:06PM (#18116333)
For serious depression issues, I'm not sure 'abuse' is appropriate here...

The inability to _want_ to do anything or _care_ often isn't a conscious choice.

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Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior by fasquoika on Monday October 01, 2018 @05:03PM (#18116797)
Not to mention that depression often makes people feel physically tired all the time. I don't think someone with normal neurochemistry even could sleep 16 hours a day if they wanted to.
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Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior by stephengillie on Monday October 01, 2018 @08:23PM (#18117898)
"Abuse" is Newspeak, it means "abnormal use". When depression causes you to sleep to avoid life situations, it could even be called addiction.
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Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior by fasquoika on Monday October 01, 2018 @04:44PM (#18116658)
That's precisely what I meant in my edit
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Re:Insufficient Sleep Associated with Risky Teen Behavior by acct1771 on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @01:46AM (#18119093)
Or...uses sleep to reduce the inflammation of the brain, thus treating (the symptoms of?) depression?
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