I guess for people who don’t suffer depression it makes sense that depression may be worse at night because it is harder to be around lots of energetic people at night, if that helps, and the sun is not out and sometimes the nights can seem long.
There are approximately 900,000 suicides a year world-wide, and World Health Organization data shows that suicide is now one of the three leading causes of death among people aged 15-34 years.
The hardest thing for those suffering is probably people around them not really understanding. Even when someone has once suffered depression but no longer suffers, it is hard for this person to really remember the feelings. Once the suffering is over we often block some of the memories out. I remember child birth was painful, but I can’t really appreciate it now because it was 10 years ago now. I can still re-tell my story but the true feelings, associated with my pain, have gone.
My best advice to someone trying to help a loved one is just pretend something is broken in the person and only loving and caring support and time can help. Don’t try to fully understand it because I don’t think it is possible.
If depression is worse during the day for someone you know or worse at a strange time to you – just let it be worse for them when it is.
Depression takes people away from us, in different forms and, while people are becoming more aware, I think we will only ever be aware that it exists and never fully understand it. However, the great news is, we don’t have to understand something to care.
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