Kaika, when I was really depressed and seeing my first counselor, she and I worked on sleep very diligently. I was only getting a few hours each night and we really tried to increase that through a number of ways. It was hard going and slow work to build up the amount of sleep I got each day, but it really helped my depression, although it didn't cure it. With my depression, during those really bad days, even a small gain was helpful. If you put together a number of small gains, you can actually improve enough to feel kind of better. Not cured, but better than before. (For a cure, I had to get to the root of what was causing the depression symtoms.) I also found that getting more sleep helped my cognitive functioning, such as problem solving, memory, and even speaking a foreign language. I hope the going to be one hour earlier will help you get more sleep. (We tried this too, but it did not increase my sleep so we had to try other stuff.)