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Severe depression has objective symptoms: severe sleep disturbances, psychotic like symptoms.

• robocat 4y ago
  In my very unscientific opinion, severe sleep disturbances is usually a cause, not an effect. Watch people get sleep problems, a few days of that, and then the mental health issues kick in. Or cause sleep problems (stimulants or environmental), then see mental health issues produced. The opposite can happen (mental health problem leads to sleeping problems) but in my circles I haven’t seen that as often. Of course then the mental health issues compound. Fucking with your sleep is not healthy.
  • pyuser583 4y ago
    I strongly agree. But if you’re sleeping 18 hours a day, that’s not just a cause of depression, it’s an effect.