Morning Anxiety
I've been struggling lately with anxiety when I wake up. I go to bed, and can mostly shut off my brain, a lot of times due to being exhausted all day being anxious. (a vicious cycle)
The moment I wake up, even if I've had a great night's sleep, I am filled with anxiety and that "fight or flight" fear. It can be mild (on a scale of 1-10, a 4) or full on (8). It's like my subconscious starts poking at me as soon as I'm awake. I'm not even out of bed yet and I'm laying there, feeling scared and anxious - and my brain hasn't even focused on anything yet.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how they get through this (if it's happening to you, too). I'm going to talk to my therapist about it because it has gotten bad lately, but I could use a few extra "tools" to help me in the morning.
@thoughtfulmomma
Some folks upon waking go through what they need to do in day in their head ..... Is this the type of things causing anxiety or just generalized?
sometimes i feel if we have a lot to do in a day a normal amount of anxiety occurs ....... i have had random anxiety and it is IMO about items i am not actively dealing with..... for example i know a task needs to be done or a difficult conversation needs to happen and instead of dealing with it i push to back of mind... i find writing down those items or tackling some of the back burner items i have put off helps with the anxiety levels.
@toughTiger6481
YES YES YES :)
It's not about what I have to do in a day. My days are, and have always been busy. I'm okay with that. Busy keeps me from not thinking about those things that give me anxiety.
I definitely believe that "wake up anxiety" stems from me not wanting to have hard conversations or deal with someone/something that I know is going to be incredibly overwhelming and difficult for me. I'm avoiding issues because I just can't deal with them right now. I can talk about things with my therapist, but I don't want to have hard conversations with the people in my life that I need to talk to. It makes me sad and upset. On one hand I need to protect myself, but on the other hand, not having the conversation is hurting me as well.
It's tough to deal with.
@thoughtfulmomma
The quickest way out is to have those difficult conversations i recently had to have one otr two still have one left but the ease up from dealing with the 2 i had was well worth it.
life is tough but holding on to stress and anxiety is costing you..... sometimes just mental but other is physical as well .........
There is never a "right" time for anything and i have learned waiting often makes it worse because whomever you are dealing with wonder what took so long....
