Strange and Puzzling

Good Morning Janetlee,

When I was struggling the most with my anxiety and depression I felt the very same way. I could wake up and start to cry in bed as I was so anxious and worrying about the day ahead. I would feel useless and not even know what to do when I got up.

I would spend mornings in tears and by afternoon I was feeling better and able to function fairly well.

I do know what your feeling.

(((((((((((hugs))))))))))))

Kitt

I was exactly like this not more than a week ago! First of all, idk if you oversleep but I did. I would sleep 10 or more hours a night, but wake up feeling exhausted and very very anxious. I then didn't want to get out of bed to face the day so I would try to just sleep again. The thing is I slept so much but was never quite rested because I would wake up several time in a night with nightmares and be really anxious or I would just randomly wake up with anxious thoughts, but generally could get back to sleep easily after 10 minutes. So I would feel awful in the mornings, then better after I got up and going, then I would feel worse when the sun would set(weird i know), then better again at night until it was time to sleep. I still feel worse in the mornings now, but its not as much anxiety but more depression, but its dramatically improved in just one week. I try to make sure that I exercise in the evening, then before I get ready for bed I do relaxing breathing exercises and stretches to loosen my body up. I then set an alarm for 7-9 hours after the time I think I'll fall asleep. It took some practice and will power but now I sleep no more than 9 hours a night and my anxiety has definitely improved. I'm still getting used to it today though, I still feel pretty tired when it starts getting dark now when I used to stay up till 12 everynight. But my body is just adjusting and sometimes I'll throw in a 30-60 minute nap during the day. This generally helps alot too because you don't fall into a DEEP sleep thats hard to come out of, but you have a good uninterrupted sleep for a short period of time. After the nap you have to be sure to wake yourself up though, which like I said isn't as hard to do because you're not in a deep sleep.


I hope this helped you out a bit



Good luck and God Bless