Why Sunday Nights Stink, or How We try to Escape Depression

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Sunday, June 24, 2007
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Why is Sunday night the cruelest night of the whole week to a person with depression? You would think that all nights would be bad with depression, which is basically true. But I think, without a doubt, Sunday nights are the worst. I remember that when I was depressed, Sunday nights seemed like ...

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True dat
babette111
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 11:06 AM
You really hit the nail on the head on this. At least for me.

My weekends, when it's bad, consist of romance novels and chick flicks. When it's not so bad, I go lose myself in the garden for a while.

Sunday night
Judy Hess
Sunday, July 08, 2007 at 09:40 PM
You are right about Sunday night I am glad to know that there is someone else who feels depressed on Sunday night. I don't feel so depressed anymore since I cut my work week down to three days a week.

Completly true!
Germany
Sunday, September 02, 2007 at 04:07 PM

Hey, that's excactly the thing I'm going through right now. I wrote a post about it on my blog (german):
http://www.sad-story.de/2007/09/sonntag-abend-depression/

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Anonymous
Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 07:24 PM

it is depressing only if you have a job you do not love. also, it is depressing because it signals the end of freedom. the weekends are fun because we get a brief glimpse of what it would be like if we were free from the rat race. you cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel yet because it is a long way till next friday. for me, the depression starts to subside on thursday , i think. friday night is the absolute , hands down, best part of the week. your freedom is just beginning. you can stay up as late as you want. i get angry just thinking about this neverending cycle, this pit of despair (i love The Princess Bride, probably my favorite movie of all time) called "work".

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Persian_Claudia
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 10:31 PM

I agree with you 100%. I am a single mom and I hate my job so much. I do struggle with depression but Sundays it gets unbearable! The feeling of loosing my freedom, facing the work I hate and not being able to see my kids until 7PM drives me crazy. On top of that thinking how short life is and the fact that I have to spend most of it doing something I dislike so much adds to my anxiety and depression. I am in tears, my chest is hurting and I feel short of breath it is Sunday 9:30 pm

Sunday nights
sarah
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 06:49 PM

Sunday nights are a mental no mans land, where nothing is happening, it is limbo. No more weekend, and not yet monday work week. It is a boring, frustrating time, where all one can do is wait it out..and make it till monday, where once again, life appears with the dawn...but as far as sunday nights go....I feel cast off.

Sunday Night
Kitchen6
Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 09:16 PM

Sunday nights are the most depressing time for me. As a temporarily single working mom while my husband serves in Iraq, I feel torn between career and staying with my children. The week nights are only a few hrs between daycare and bedtime, where I feel I am barking orders. Weekends are when I can enjoy my children and if I'm lucky a brief period of R&R. I feel better that I am not the only one in tears on Sunday nights and it's probably somewhat normal to feal the way I do.