Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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rossvic 09/23/2015

No matter if a I have good night sleep or not, the soon I wake up I start to get an anxiety attack something I think is if because I don't want to start the day and my mind start to think negative or just going to work who knows.

If somebody had experience anxiety in the morning?

Thanks,

Katie54 10/01/2015

If we have anxiety too much we suffer with adrenal fatique. there is a book you can get on amazon that explains it . written by a Dr. wilson..it is called Adrenal fatique in the 21st century. I highly advise getting a copy of that book..first off when I read the back chapters I discovered that we should not have any fruit juices first thing in the morning..no bananas either and definitely no coffee. Adrenal fatique is very real and it will cause us to have terrible mornings upon waking..also he recommends being in bed by 10:30 and trying to stay in bed until 9 if possible..if you can't do that get up for work and have a glass of water with 1/4 tsp of salt in it.. I tried that but couldn't handle the taste. salt is suppose to help the adrenal glands. hope this helps someone...

rossvic 10/01/2015

Thank you Kathie54 for the advice, Have a good day :)

Jeff-Gonzalez 10/02/2015

I used to hate getting anxiety in the morning. Especially when I would get up to go to school. I found out that the reason I would wake up anxious was because I would go to sleep expecting to get that anxiety attack the following morning. I never took any medication and relied on a book that covered a wide range of CBT techniques for anxiety.

Do you go to sleep hating/thinking about the fact that you would have to deal with the anxiety when you wake up? If the answer is yes, don't. You see. The anxiety will happen anyway. Why? Because your mind is already expecting it. Even if you don't wake up immediately with anxiety, you scan for any sign of it being present. When there are no signs, your anticipatory anxiety heightens. What's the result of anticipatory anxiety? Hesitation and worry and that ultimately lead to anxiety.

Basically, you have to break that cycle. If it happens in the morning, let it be. Continue with your normal morning routine but perhaps change your thought patterns? Turn every negative thought that pops into your head into a positive one. It takes time but believe me when I tell you that you will not wake up every morning with anxiety if you truly practice.

I hope this makes sense. I just got out of a long 10 hour shift at the hospital I work for. I need SLEEP. haha. Best of luck to you. You got this.

rossvic 10/02/2015

Thank you Jeff, Your are right no all the time but sometimes, I go to bed thinking about how the next day is going to be and I start to get negative mind. I going to start to clear my mind at night and hopefully it start working. Have a great rest!

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