When you are depressed, you will often experience both tiredness and cognitive issues anyway. Which results in longer sleep times due to massive exhaustion from being always on your limit. So maybe they sleep longer because of the cognitive issues?

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 8 points 1 week ago

Can confirm :'(

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Here's a brief review of the study results. They were only looking for association, not causality:

Long sleep was associated with reduced overall cognitive function (β ± standard error = −0.25 ± 0.07, p < 0.001), with strongest effects in those with depressive symptoms using (−0.74 ± 0.30, p = 0.017) and not using antidepressants (−0.60 ± 0.26, p = 0.024). Weaker but significant effects were observed in those without depressive symptoms (−0.18 ± 0.09, p = 0.044). No significant associations were observed in participants using antidepressants without depressive symptoms.

**Weaker but significant effects were observed in those without depressive symptoms (−0.18 ± 0.09, p = 0.044). **

This is certainly something to investigate further.

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Too much sleep,.too little sleep, drugs, alcoholism....

Apparently everything causes cognitive decline.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

But that's the only coping mechanism I have. No problems to bother me when I'm asleep