[JET73L]

Please don't ever say that to me again. If I meant malaise, I would have said malaise. Depression is a physiological disorder for which even the main effect can only be partially counteracted, if even that, with doing fun or otherwise enjoyable things. (The first set of italics was, I will admit, being... not necessarily "shout"-y, but at least harsh. The second and third were for emphasis. The fourth was simply to point out my use of a specific word, not for any phonological effect.)

And if I could go to sleep when I wanted, I would. But I have schedules to keep up with, and cannot fall asleep before my mind and body are both ready. The closest I can get to going to sleep early is not going to sleep at all and going to sleep early the next day, and that cuts productivity even more than simply lying awake in bed. But that's not the part I was talking about with the first sentence of the post. Go ahead and lecture me on sleep all you want, it's not like it will matter any more than all of the other advice that has not worked for one reason or another. There are ways that I know of to counteract lost sleep, that actually work for me for a while, but they are generally not worth the benefit and are either dangerous or unreliable in the long run.