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Posted 7/8/2016 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
does it take you awhile to fully wake up from sleeping? I wake and feel almost drunk as I stumble around, the feeling is horrible. Causes me to panic sometimes. Maybe it is because I was sleeping so deeply but I don't know if it's normal to feel like that. Sometimes it takes me a long time to fully wake and I just want to sleep. confused
Posted 7/8/2016 5:24 PM (GMT 0)
DS,

Depends on the day...(and other factors)...but yes, I feel completely useless for at least a little while some mornings!

S.C.
Posted 7/8/2016 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
I also think it has a lot to do with depression and having to face another day with anxiety.
Posted 7/8/2016 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
Sure! Many factors...physical and mental!

Hormones, nutrition/hydration, quality of sleep, state of mind/anxiety/depression...and many more things are going to have an effect, positive or negative...

The trick is not to let a bad start derail the whole day.:) There is a technique of getting back in bed for a moment, and having a 'do-over' to the day...choosing to take back the course of how things will go...and choosing to embrace positivity...and empowerment!

S.C.
Posted 7/8/2016 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
Deb, I usually have two alarms in the morning...

One goes off at 8, which is when I come out of my "drunken sleepy stupor". And the other is for 30 minutes later when I actually physically have to get out of bed.

If I don't give myself those extra 30 minutes to properly wake up, I am the same way. Stumbling, loopy, dizzy and a complete MESS!
Posted 7/8/2016 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks S.C. It's terrible how we dramatize every little thing our body does. I watch my husband get aches and pains all the time and it never consumes him. I get a headache and can't function because of the anxiety. I guess it is so true that we do this to ourselves. Peace is within us..... I'm trying to find it.
Posted 7/8/2016 9:06 PM (GMT 0)
i described my worsened morning anxiety to my doc once and she explained that waking up can be a huge jolt to our system, especially when we are forced awake by an alarm. also, like s.c. mentioned, your body is hungry, your blood sugar is out of wack, you may have been in a sleep cycle, not enough rest, thirsty etc. like how a cold car runs a little rough in the winter until it heats up. such is anxiety, panic, depression, this is a season that will pass, and we will be running smooth before you know it! be kind to your self.
Posted 7/9/2016 12:04 AM (GMT 0)
I feel this is exact way... sometimes i set 3 alarms with the last one set to give me just enough time to get myself ready on bad days!
Crazy huh?

I also keep quotes by my bed to help me remember to just get up and it will pass & i have water by my bed to help with hydration.

A favourite quote of mine....
"What if I CAN do it"

Each day we push through this feeling... we have achieved at least one thing that day :)
Posted 7/9/2016 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
:-) smilewinkgrin yeah
WTG! Love this!

S.C.
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