ehm, I feel violated. I wonder how many share this plight..
that deep sleep you described is something else... it's what I call my petit mort (and yes, that's an intentional misnomer).
that deep sleep you described is something else... it's what I call my petit mort (and yes, that's an intentional misnomer).
Depressed people often deal with intrusive thoughts. The last thing you want is someone lying in bed, alone, while everyone else is asleep, entertaining those thoughts.
One of the archetypes of depression+sleep disturbance is people staying awake until they are absolutely exhausted and then collapsing into a sleep that the apocalypse could not rouse them from. That’s not a bad habit, it’s a coping mechanism.