I’m going through a depressive episode right now and it’s insane how much my mood changes throughout the day. At night I still don’t feel normal but I can get excited, enjoy myself and get out of my own head. Then all of that comes crashing down when I wake up in the morning. I wake up too early and cannot get back to sleep, and so I just end up lying in bed spiraling into despair and hopelessness, until eventually I get up after a couple hours. The rest of the day is up and down but generally I feel better by the end, only for that progress to be undone by morning

It’s an extremely frustrating and exhausting process, and I know it will get better as it always has for me. But can anybody else relate to this, and if so what do you do to minimize your depressing mornings?