Feeling down in the morning

IG · Post by IG » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:14 am

I was wondering if anybody else is overwhelmed by negative thoughts, guilt, and anxiety first thing in the morning. My symptoms tend to go away later on in the day and sometimes return at night, but I am always waking early from anxiety, and then laying there with all these negative thoughts going through me head.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:57 am

I don't wake up feeling this way, but if I have a bad day, or if I filter out the good stuff and zero in on a negative, I certainly do feel this way at night. Oddly enough, I don't often go to bed with these feelings. Instead I wake up with them during the early morning hours and just dwell on them. It is a major struggle. I did that last night and primarily used the Self Talk imaginary stop sign. I tried to catch the negatives before they manifested. It worked after about two hours. I had to really keep concentrating on that stop sign. I was too tired to think of positive replacement thoughts. Hard work. Hard stuff, this negative thinking. When bad things happen, it wants to take over. I don't know how far you are along this program. I really go back to Session Three frequently. I cannot wait until I practice this long enough where it won't be such hard work.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:22 am

IG - I think what you brought up about morning anxiety has been second only to insomnia issues here. I never realized before this forum how common this really is. I thought it was just me. Maybe you could check some older past posts on this subject as we've had numerous discussions on this subject. Mine isn't too bad anymore since completing the program (three times in a row now- yep that's what I did and not ashamed to say it) I was told that our adrenaline levels are at their highest between about 5:00AM and 6:00AM and it might be that those of use with anxiety feel this more than others, and also our blood sugar levels drop at night so those of us sensitive to this may also feel it more come morning. It's too bad I can't remember all the wonderful posts we had on this subject as they were all so good and informative. One thing I did though was to get up out of bed and tell myself that this anxiety and or adrenaline rush means Im ready to get up and start my day. I have my list of gratitudes next to my bed and go over them first thing when I open my eyes so that I don't start dwelling on the negatives. It's becoming more automatic now and I can more easily catch the backsliding before it gets out of hand. Boy, this has been a lot of work, but well worth it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:35 am

Hi Mary, oh my gosh! I wonder why my biology is upside down on this one? I never thought about the blood sugar/insulin levels, but you are so correct. Yet, here I am with all these feelings between one and three a.m. I will look to older posts to see if others are upside down on this, too.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:09 am

My anxiety is always worse in the morning and I do get up between 5-6. Usually my anxiety gets better as the day goes on. I often wondered why it was so bad in the morning and it makes me feel better that I am not the only one.
Elaine C

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:23 am

After journaling for a few days, I saw a pattern of morning and evening anxiety for me too.

I call it my trying to live in the future - anxiety!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:00 am

Wow I thought I was the only one who felt this way. I asked my doctor about it and there was no answers, he had never heard of and didn't know why. That is exactly what happens to me off and on. It is kind of like a light switch, turns on quick and goes away quick. Thank you for posting this, I have just started the program and I think I am doing OK trying very hard. Take Care

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:23 am

Is it nice to know that there are other people out there that are dealing with this. Of course we all feel like we are the only one with these issues, but it is more common and more easy to accept now!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:58 am

Thanks for letting me know, I thoought I was the only one. It is not fun to go thru any of this that we go thru.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:24 pm

Thanks for writing back. I thought I was the only one who felt that way in the morning and it can be scary. It is nice to know there are people out there just like me!