Ask HN: What is the difference between Burnout/Depression/Laziness/Wrong job?

Re:Ask HN: What is the difference between Burnout/Depression... by billconan on Sunday January 13, 2019 @11:17AM (#18897218)

depression is a physical condition where you won’t be able to sleep. Like five days in a roll and because of it, you can’t improve your work performance even if you want to. The only wish you have is a good night sleep.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the difference between Burnout/Depression... by GavinMcG on Sunday January 13, 2019 @11:19AM (#18897223)

That is not at all the experience that quite a few depressed people have.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the difference between Burnout/Depression... by billconan on Sunday January 13, 2019 @12:05PM (#18897457)

Seriously? https://www.sleep.org/articles/depression-affects-sleep/

I had it, couldn’t sleep well for a month. My ex girlfriend had it, she couldn’t sleep for 5 days.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the difference between Burnout/Depression... by depressed on Sunday January 13, 2019 @12:59PM (#18897779)

My experience was erratically alternating between not being able to sleep (sleeping less than four hours per night) and sleeping 12-18 hours per day. Either mode could last half a week, or a whole month.

Many (most?) depressed individuals do experience sleeplessness, but that's not at all universal.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the difference between Burnout/Depression... by GavinMcG on Sunday January 20, 2019 @11:01AM (#18953575)

Yes, seriously. It's an experience that some depressed people have, but it's not universal by any means.

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