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In Sleep is the Mate of Death Scott Alexander discusses the phenomenon that people often experience strange depressions in the morning, with symptoms getting much better throughout the day.
This is pretty close to my personal experience, upon waking I often feel sad for no reason, but before bed I'm usually quite happy.
Over time I've taken some measures to curb this, though I still occasionally feel it. Recently I've noticed that savoring recent fun experiences help with this. Thanksfulness previously helped too.
Afaik there isn't too much I could do the previous day unless I overload on wholesome social interactions, hmmm......
— Categorized under: #emotions