It is normal in depression to feel worse in the morning. I have quite literally ended up zoning for a half hour almost everyday before I go to work. How does one deal with it? I usually try doing positive affirmations, reread my list of strength and just plain pray for energy while taking my shower. It makes it hard to want to go to work. I have also been known to do pretend therapy sessions while eating breakfast. I have a positive thinking side/internal T that seems to only work if I force it. My negative thinking correcting is broken. So, I sometimes try to force my inner T to work using my list of strengths. One morning, I actually managed to make myself happy. I was thinking up an example of each of my strengths. But, it didn't work the next day. I went to work that day rather sad.