Posted by dave_fox on August 5, 2002, at 13:02:55
I know depression can affect sleep patterns and can cause people to sleep more or to sleep less.
But there is something which puzzles me. I have noticed in two separate people (who may or may not be depressed) that they spend many hours in bed. Perhaps 10 hours or so. They go to bed at 1am which is not all that late. Then they remain in bed until something like 11 . They might also go for a lie down in the afternoon. They have done this for at least a year or more.
When I ask them they say they are not sleeping. It seems they are sort of thinking. Or musing. kindof reflecting but without being very conscious of it.
Does this sort of sleep behavior tend to occur in certain mood or other psychological disturbances? I know that no indicator or symptom is certain to predict a given mental condition but I would like to understand what this sleep behavior might imply.
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