History Main / SleepyDepressive

* ''VideoGame/Undertale'': Sans constantly sleeping on the job, much to the chagrin of his brother, is initially PlayedForLaughs and just seems to be an indicator of his lazy personality, until it’s revealed that said laziness stems from [[spoiler: the crushing knowledge that anything he could possibly achieve can and most likely will be reset with a single move from a force completely out of his control - the player, resetting the timeline over and over until they’re satisfied or completely bored]].

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': One of the first things we learn about Sayori is that she is prone to sleeping late and being late to school. This seems at first just to be a side-effect of her flighty nature, but then it's revealed that she's had horrible depression her entire life, and she sleeps a lot because of that.

There is TruthInTelevision to this. A common symptom of several mental illnesses, including clinical depression, is lethargy and sleepiness.

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* The narrator of "Imaginary" by Music/{{Evanescence}} builds her "sleeping refuge," [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} her own world in her head]], to [[{{Escapism}} escape the horror of reality]]. The song mentions "alarm clock screaming monsters" and longing for "the deep sleep dreaming."

-->''Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction''
-->''Whatever happens in my dreams--I know it can't be worse than this''
-->''So I prefer to sleep''

* In ''Literature/AThousandsOfSplendidSuns'' Laila's chronically depressed mother spends most of her days in bed, leaving her 9-years-old daughter doing much of the house chores (even the ones a kid shouldn't do) by herself.

* In ''Literature/AThousandOfSplendidSuns'' Laila's chronically depressed mother spends most of her days in bed, leaving her 9-years-old daughter doing much of the house chores (even the ones a kid shouldn't do) by herself.

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* In ''Fanfic/HerFracturedSpirit'', a sign of Callie's worsening depression is that she stays in bed all day.

* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': After the tragic death of her mate, Moth Wing begins eating excessive amounts of poppy seeds (which act like sleeping pills) so she'll sleep through her pain.

-->-- Moth Wing, ''Literature/{{Warrior|Cats}}s: Moth Wing's Vision''

This character is a {{Sleepyhead}} but it's not simple quirk. They're in too much mental pain to do anything but sleep. Maybe they've suffered a recent tragedy or maybe they suffer from (often untreated) mental illness, but this character spends a lot of time sleeping. There are also those who use sleeping, or more specifically dreaming, as escapism from their waking stress.

* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': After the tragic death of her mate, Moth Wing begins eating excessive amounts of poppy seeds so she'll sleep through her pain.

* David Rose on Series/SchittsCreek sleeps all the time after emotional trauma, including when the Blouse Barn shuts down and when he's [[spoiler: on a break from Patrick.]]