Anti-Depressants

I have felt a life long sadness over anti-depressants. It seemed like they made my mom just want to sleep all the time. The odd thing about that is depression already makes people want to sleep all the time, so why give depressed people a pill that makes them want to sleep more? That never made sense to me. 

Some anti-depressants are energizing. That can be bad though, because then a person gets more stressed out, which can result in greater depression. It is like running a horse weary. You can't run your mind or your body on hyper drive for too long or you might burn out and collapse eventually. 

Depression can cause both insomnia and over sleeping. I suppose that is why there are pills made to fix both issues. The main effect of depression is over sleeping. Why do some people do this? They are basically done with life. Maybe they have already accomplished all that they wanted to accomplish. They are sad they don't have more at this stage of their life, so they might be depressed about that. 

Depression really can be internal complaining that never ends. They wish their car was nicer or their house. They wish they were with a hotter person. They wish they had more kids or less kids. They wish they had a career that was affecting the world in a positive way. They wish they had more money or nicer things. Nothing is ever good enough. 

At some point you have to decide to be grateful for what you have. If you can't change it, then why think about it all the time? Just live one day at a time, be happy for what you have, and do what you can with the time you have. That is all you can do. Gratitude is the best cure for depression. Learn to be grateful, and you will feel a lot less depressed.