Want to lift your depression? Stay up all night!
By Annrose21
@Annrose21 (161)
December 11, 2011 9:09am CST
According to the Reader's Digest, November 2011 issue, page 96, studies had shown that staying up all night can help lift up your depression for the whole month. People who deprived themselves from sleeping were less irritable than those people who did not try sleep deprivation once a month. In fact, they have more coping capacities! Theory is that, this allows the body's internal sleep clock to reset which make people sleep soundly the moment they slept.
5 responses
@Mashnn (4501)
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11 Dec 11
I thought sleeping was good for an overall performance of the individual. It sound abit contraversial to me. I think a depressed person need sleep so that he can forget what is disturbing or bothering him for sometimes. If he stays all the night without sleeping, he will have plenty of time to think about those issues that are disturbing him or her.
@Annrose21 (161)
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11 Dec 11
Have you tried to lie down at night wherein you cannot sleep? You tried your best (any method) to get some sleep but you cannot get into sleeping? Well, this explains why you needed to be sleep deprive sometimes to reset your body clock and have a sound sleep after sleep deprivation. As for example, if you were working on a night shift or an overnight project, of course you are not allowed to sleep during work. So when you got home after, you were able to sleep soundly aren't you? And when you wake up after a long sound sleep, you feel as if you were fresh again?
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
11 Dec 11
Based on my personal experience with depression I would say that there is a connection between depression and sleep deprivation. I have never used sleep deprivation as a cure for my depression, but I have noticed that something happened when I stayed up all night because of work, studies, a party etc. The next day I was feeling better and I was happier than I usually was. It wasn't a longterm effect and it lasted just one day, but it is still my impression that there is a connection, because I have experienced the same thing several times.
@Annrose21 (161)
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12 Dec 11
Wow that would probably justify the theory! Thank you for the information! Do you noticed that when you are sleep deprived, then you try to sleep you slept soundly? This can happen too.
@GemmaR (8517)
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12 Dec 11
I think that a lot of people with depression have a problem with sleep because they don't think that there is anything else that they could be doing with their time. When we sleep too much, it means that we feel a little bit lethargic for the rest of the day as our bodies haven't had the chance to wake up and do anything with our day. Missing out on a night's sleep helps us to remember how we're supposed to feel when we're properly tired rather than tired from feeling lethargic, and this can help for us to reset our patterns again.
@Triple0 (1904)
• Australia
12 Dec 11
Really! If I did that I would be even more depressed and grumpy! 
I get pretty depressed easily and I do have my days but I prefer to sleep to make it go away, well for a night anyway. Then after a few days, I just don't think about it anymore of I get over it. But I don't get how depriving yourself of sleep will help you become less depressed. When I don't get enough sleep, I feel pretty grumpy in the morning and I just can't focus on anything at school so that's why I prefer to sleep away my depression. For some people, when there's a lot on their min, they struggle to sleep and stay awake all night. My auntie did that and she looked like a zombie! her eyes were popping out and she had very bard eye bags. But for me, when I'm depressed or a little down, I just sleep it away and think about something happy so that I can fall asleep. It's not good to have bad thoughts swirling in your brain, better to relax and sleep away the pain. 
But it is a proven study right? I might try it....
I get pretty depressed easily and I do have my days but I prefer to sleep to make it go away, well for a night anyway. Then after a few days, I just don't think about it anymore of I get over it. But I don't get how depriving yourself of sleep will help you become less depressed. When I don't get enough sleep, I feel pretty grumpy in the morning and I just can't focus on anything at school so that's why I prefer to sleep away my depression. For some people, when there's a lot on their min, they struggle to sleep and stay awake all night. My auntie did that and she looked like a zombie! her eyes were popping out and she had very bard eye bags. But for me, when I'm depressed or a little down, I just sleep it away and think about something happy so that I can fall asleep. It's not good to have bad thoughts swirling in your brain, better to relax and sleep away the pain. But it is a proven study right? I might try it.... 