Getting Depressed at Nighttime

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I usually love the night. That's when I feel the most alive. The darkness is usually comforting. But I've noticed that when the sun goes down, all of my insecurities come out of the woodwork, and I feel almost suicidal. I'm okay during the day, but it all crashes down at night.

I've also noticed a personality change. Sometimes I feel really sadistic and angry, though that's not just restricted to nighttime.

Once the feeling hits, I feel painfully empty. Like I'm stuck in a deep hole I can't get out of. Everything I want is out of reach. Love, friends, self-worth. It's like I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm going to die in that hole, and my life will taper off into a depressing end.

I don't even know why I'm writing this. I ought to be in bed.

Similar feeling nights are sad

Nice to see you, Jaeger. How's college?

I'm sorry to hear that, Sly. It's good to see you're still around.



Nice seeing you, too. I guess it's alright. I did really well for my first year.

I get this too. I used to get extremely depressed and lonely just before bed, I think because then you're alone with your thoughts; less able to hide from them through daytime distractions, less energy to fight them because you're tired. I haven't had it to the same extent recently, but I know how it feels.

I'm actually asking to switch to earlier shifts at work for this reason. When I work in the daytime I'm a different person, I have lots of energy and I can sustain a mostly positive/focused attitude all day. At the moment I work until 10pm, and the last few hours are a real struggle. I can feel the depression fall upon me hard, and suddenly I feel lost and tearful and hopeless, and I can't make it go away. It's very scary.

Night time can be difficult.

You captured it perfectly.
It's the realisation that one day you'll fall into that feeling, and you'll never get out.

I'm just the opposite. I like the nighttime because it confers anonymity on me. People don't see me. There are less people out at night.

And the night air usually smells nicer than the day air.

Am I Dracula or something? LOL

Nope.... I AM the Wolfman!

go to bed earlier.

for a long time i was going to bed past midnight.

now i aim for 10.

and sometimes 9pm. and wake up 5am.

I also get very stressed at night time. It makes it difficult to sleep.

At night I'm all alone. No friends to play with no game to distract me. So all that's left is to lay alone in my bed and realize I'm alone forever. Eventually the one friend who plays with me is going be gone in few weeks when he joins the army. Then I'll be alone all the time like wise the bus to work and work itself leaves me alone with my thoughts.
I also get anxiety at night about stuff, work lately.

Sorry you're feeling sad too. Do you live in dorms? I went to a local college so stayed home.