Depressed people can have either insomnia or hypersomnia; insomnia is significantly more common. Depression-related insomnia is usually “terminal”—people wake up very early and can’t get back to sleep.
Strangely enough, there have been some studies showing that depriving depressed people of sleep has a strong positive effect on their mood, but of course then they’re too sleep-deprived to enjoy it.
Depressed people can have either insomnia or hypersomnia; insomnia is significantly more common. Depression-related insomnia is usually “terminal”—people wake up very early and can’t get back to sleep.
Strangely enough, there have been some studies showing that depriving depressed people of sleep has a strong positive effect on their mood, but of course then they’re too sleep-deprived to enjoy it.