The day I get upset/ depressed/ scared the most is Monday. Am I the only one experiencing this?

[ScarlettR]

Good Evening from Melbourne, hope you are all well. 🙂

So I am not ranting or upset tonight, just like to ask a question that may be common. So Monday being the start of the week and usually a free day for me, I'm running errands such as grocery shopping. Then, every Monday night usually starting about 7:30-8pm, I feel very sad for no reason. I get sad to the point I'm teary, get bad migraines, scared for my safety and the safety of others (both humans and animals), and begin to self-doubt. It's like an automatic feeling in me that I can't shake out of. So when I'm in bed at the end of Monday night, I often cry myself to sleep, often saying "stop it!" to the migraines and upsetting thoughts. Then the morning after, I wake up feeling fine as if nothing ever happen, and I end up having an enjoyable Tuesday.

I don't know why it happens to be Monday nights when I feel at my worst. I've been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and depression, so I know there can be patterns of feelings that arise at certain times. Maybe because I get so hyped up for Monday because it's my payday and my opportunity to shop for things I like, then at the end of the day I get subconsciously depressed about the money I spent? Maybe I'm just hyping up Monday too much because I'm trying to be something I'm not?

I don't know if I'm the only one feeling this. I usually get sad and depressed at nights anyway, but lately it's been on Monday nights.

[quirkywords]

ScarlettR

Thanks for your post that has made me think.

When I read your title I thought it was about Mondays as many people don't like Mondays as it is a return to work.

Monday nights as you say maybe you are busy doing things and get tired and emotional.

I am the opposite, I am not a morning person and often will wake up sad and at times teary, by 11am I am ok , but from about 6pm-9pm some nights I have all this energy and then go a bit flat in the morning.

I just put it down, to me not being a morning person. Yours is a different thing. Could you keep a record of what happens on Sunday and Monday and see if there is a pattern.

I have not been much help but I am sure you are not on your own.

Quirky

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi ScarlettR,

Thank you for your post, and good morning from Adelaide 🙂

As with Quirky's reply, I too thought your post might have been about the start of Mondays, rather than experiencing everything on a Monday.

Unfortunately I don't really know why this is happening to you; maybe the record might help too or even if you're able to write down some thoughts?

The only other thing that comes to mind is that if this has happened quite a few Mondays in a row, it might be a bit of a cycle, in the way that maybe nothing happens on the Monday, except for the fact you know that you'll feel that way, so it continues to happen anyway. Kind of in the same way that people can have this idea that they will always have a panic attack at a certain place, so it happens anyway because our brain tells us that it always does. It's not anyones fault of course, it's just the brain associating places with panic attacks, or maybe in your case, Monday nights feeling very depressed.

Something to think about maybe. It also might be worth having a chat with your GP or counsellor/support team if you have one.