Does anyone else feel better at night?

I'm wondering if this is common amongst people with depression. When I'm just mildly depressed, like I am right now (and most of the time), I feel worst in the morning. I feel quite miserable when I wake up, brain foggy through most of the day -- sort of like I'm on auto-pilot, and then in the evening, once the sun goes down, I start to feel better... My mind feels clearer and my mood is more positive. I have been this way as long as I can remember -- both medicated and unmedicated. Am I alone in this?

Btw, it's much worse on weekends and holidays. During the week, my job kind of snaps me out of the blahs and keeps me busy and I feel quite positive and focused and I get lots done. I still feel best at night, though. When I'm left to my own devices on the weekends, I feel lousy all day -- and never get anything accomplished.

I guess I do too. I feel accomplished from the day. No need to feel nervous about anything work-related. I feel relieved sort of, that I made it successfully through another day.

Are you a night owl?
Okie

I know EXACTLY how you feel. The only time I feel moderately happy is at night, which is one reason why I think I stay up so late at night. Sadly, the other reason why I stay up so late is because I put off my homework as much as humanly possible. The only time I feel like doing in work is in school because I have to. Homework is just such a chore for me because I get distracted too easily and because I'm way too lazy lately.

Yup. I'm a night owl. So are both my parents. Are you?

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I know EXACTLY how you feel. The only time I feel moderately happy is at night, which is one reason why I think I stay up so late at night. Sadly, the other reason why I stay up so late is because I put off my homework as much as humanly possible. The only time I feel like doing in work is in school because I have to. Homework is just such a chore for me because I get distracted too easily and because I'm way too lazy lately.

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That sounds SO familiar. It's not homework that I procrastinate about now because i'm 37, but I used to be like that with my homework. Now I just find different things to procrastinate about.

I don't know what I am! I'm pretty chirpy in the morning sometimes too.

I even prefer the rain to sunshine....pretty weird!
Okie

I prefer rain too!

Once in a very rare while, I'll wake up very early and be in a good mood. I usually feel craptacular in the morning though.

LOL! I love the word craptacular!! I use it quite often. I guess great minds think alike.

Do you get much rain where you are? Rains here ALL the time...

Okie

Haha... I'm sure when I get older I'll find something else to procrastinate too. But homework is pretty much my downfall. I mean I understand the fact that it reinforces knowledge I just don't understand why every subject has to give you at least an hour's worth when you have six other classes to worry about. It pretty much sucks. I actually want a job because I want to earn my own money it's just that I can hardly get my homeowork done as it is now. I just hope that my appointment on Tuesday will help that.

Okie, you must be a fan of the Simpson's too. I say CRAPTACULAR all the time.

It rains a lot here... and it's foggy. It's my kind of weather.

PerfectlyImperfect, I think kids have more homework these days than they did when I was in school. I hope your therapist can help you improve your concentration and nip the procrastination in the bud. Even once you get a job, you could end up like me -- procrastinating about lots of other things -- if you don't learn how to deal with it. I have to bring work home from the office with me a lot during busy times, and it's always a struggle for me to get it done. I don't procrastinate at work, but I do at home -- almost always.

Yes I feel better in the evenings. Well usually I get a bit more energy.

Work also distracts me during the day, or I make myself plough through it.

If I could I would stay in bed but unfortunately I cannot afford to lose my job or even look like I could lose it.

Yeah I really need to work on my procrastination. It never used to be a problem because I didn't get a lot of homework in grammar school, but now I get TONS of it and it has really become an annoyance.

P.S. I LOVE the Simpsons!!!

When I was in university, a friend and I signed up for a procrastination support group... but we never went. LOL. It was a running joke for us... "We'll go NEXT week!" We always wondered if ANYONE showed up for that support group.

The Simpsons are the BEST! I love South Park too... but I shouldn't admit that because I'm supposed to be a grown-up.

Haha... That's a bit ironic isn't it? You signed up for a support group about procrastination but you always ended up procrastinating going. Haha... I think that's the funniest thing I've ever heard. You're officially my hero. XD

And "The Simpsons", "South Park", and "Family Guy" pretty much make my life.

Nah American Dad and Family Guy are highly clever.

South Park I feel has lost it in last couple of seasons.

Haha... I agree, but I like the random violence and profanity.

Me too!

So you live in Canada right? Is it nice there? My friend went there and said it made America look like a crap hole.

LOL. America is not a crap hole. I do love Canada though, because it's home. I've travelled in the U.S. and there are quite a few places I liked. North Carolina is beautiful and I like Chicago a lot... wasn't too fond of Vegas... not my kind of place. I spent a summer in Green Bay, Wisconsin when I was in high school. The one thing I noticed is that Canadian cities tend to be cleaner... I'm generalizing though. I'm sure there are some very clean U.S. cities.

I noticed you live in Massachussetts. When I was a kid I had friends from Canton, Mass. who used to visit their grandma in my hometown every summer... and my own grandmother lived in Worcester when she was a young woman. She loved it there. A lot of people have told me that Boston feels a lot like the city I live in -- Halifax -- just bigger. I've never been to Boston, though.

I like calling North Carolina home. www.visitnc.com/

Yeah, that's exactly what she said. She went there and came back and she was like, "Oh my God when I grow up I'm moving to Canada. Everything is extremely clean and everyone is polite." And I actually live like 40 to 30 minutes away from Worcester. I've actually visited there because one of my cousins is a student at Worcester State and the other is a Student at Becker College.

The only place I've been is Niagra Falls and I can't really judge from that because it's like a "tourist city." But my sister did go to Montreal with some of my family members and said that it was beautiful. I've never been really anywhere in the US except New England, New York, Florida (Disney World), and Tennessee (Memphis). What I did notice about Memphis though It that it like has like a "rich side" and a "poor side."

That's cool that you live near Worcester. My grandmother used to talk a lot about that place.

Montreal is beautiful. It's one of my favourite cities. I've never been to Memphis, but most cities I've been to have a rich side and a poor side. It's like that in Canada too. There's poverty everywhere.

As for the polite thing. We hear that about Canada a lot. I found the people in North Carolina incredibly polite and friendly. Just as polite and friendly as here. Maybe it's the Southern charm they talk about?

I've actually never been to Niagara Falls, or Florida, or New York... but I plan to go to New York in the fall. The only place in New England I've been is Maine. I've been there quite often... especially Bar Harbour. Portland, Maine is a nice little city.

Yeah that is a funny coincidence.

I think I've never really realized the whole rich side / poor side thing before because in the city I live in (Springfield) everyone is either lower class, middle class, or upper middle class. I go to a privet, catholic school, and in my school, Springfield is considered one of the "poor cities." All the "popular kids" or the "spoiled rich kids" as I like to call them, live in towns like "East Longmeadow", "Agawam", "West Springfield", and "Belchertown." The only reason why people think Springfield is so poor is because most of the people that live here are just average people with average jobs, unlike the "Doctors", "Lawyers", "Dentists", and such in the forementioned towns.

Oh, as for the "Southern Charm" thing I've actually heard that people of the South are really polite too.

I think you get less exposure to the rich vs. poor thing when you live in a suburban community. You're more likely to be around people whose household incomes are similar.

I grew up in a very small town where the incomes spanned the spectrum... in a tiny geographical area. My best friend's family's backyard abutted ours. Her house had 5 bathrooms, a butler, gardeners and a guest house, while the house I lived in could have fit in her living room. Her family had loads of money and my family didn't have much... but we had enough to get by. My dad used to refer to our house as the "caretaker's cottage." LOL.

My high school had kids whose parents were millionaires and kids who lived in shacks.

Ugh.. Yeah my high school's like that too. It just annoys me how all the rich kids are popular because they have money so everyone thinks they're some sort of a celebrity. I mean who cares that they drive an Escalade, their parents own 2 BMWs, a Lexus, a yocht, and their tee-shirts cost 40 dollars a piece. That just means that their grandparents were rich enough to send their parents to college so that they could get a good job. If everyone had enough money to go to an elite college then being rich wouldn't seem like such an accomplishment.

Oh, and "Caretaker's cottage", haha I love that. Your dad's a funny man.