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Morning person,
you either are or your not.
I've always been a morning person. My parents told me when I was a baby and a kid I always was up early and wound up.
I would always wake up and just felt like getting it going. My wife, not a morning person (more like a morning demon) used to say I would just spring out of bed and grab the day by the balls. And I did. I've always liked being the first one up and getting things going while everyone else is sleeping and out of my way.
When I was working I had my own key to the shop and if I'd wake up at 3 in the morning and was ready to go I'd drive in for some overtime. I could work as many hours as I could take. Before the economy went to hell there was always something to work on.
Then the pain started getting worse and then the economy went and I started working less and less. I'd hurt my back and my leg pain was out of control and it got harder and harder and I remember being thankful when I got laid off because I just had nothing left. I was struggling just to make it work and make it through the day.
I miss springing out of bed. Now it's a reach for my pills and a half roll half crawl out of bed. My back feels like I've been twisted out of shape all night and it's hard to straighten up until I've been moving for a little bit.
I wasn't sleeping well so we got a new mattress. I'm comfortable and sleeping through the night again. But the pain is just awful in the morning.
I have to get my wife up (did I mention she's not a morning person) and then when she's out the door it's time to get the kids up and get them ready for school. When the bus pulls away I come back in and drop. It just kicks my ass.
So it's back to this acceptance thing again. I guess my mornings are just going to be painful from now on. This frustrates the hell out of me because I really need to be at my best in the morning.
I've tried taking my pills a little early before I get up but what usually happens is once I'm awake I stay awake and end up getting up anyway.
I'm just wanting to know if any of you deal with this and if you've figured anyway to make things better in the mornings. I feel like my mornings are getting harder.
you either are or your not.
I've always been a morning person. My parents told me when I was a baby and a kid I always was up early and wound up.
I would always wake up and just felt like getting it going. My wife, not a morning person (more like a morning demon) used to say I would just spring out of bed and grab the day by the balls. And I did. I've always liked being the first one up and getting things going while everyone else is sleeping and out of my way.
When I was working I had my own key to the shop and if I'd wake up at 3 in the morning and was ready to go I'd drive in for some overtime. I could work as many hours as I could take. Before the economy went to hell there was always something to work on.
Then the pain started getting worse and then the economy went and I started working less and less. I'd hurt my back and my leg pain was out of control and it got harder and harder and I remember being thankful when I got laid off because I just had nothing left. I was struggling just to make it work and make it through the day.
I miss springing out of bed. Now it's a reach for my pills and a half roll half crawl out of bed. My back feels like I've been twisted out of shape all night and it's hard to straighten up until I've been moving for a little bit.
I wasn't sleeping well so we got a new mattress. I'm comfortable and sleeping through the night again. But the pain is just awful in the morning.
I have to get my wife up (did I mention she's not a morning person) and then when she's out the door it's time to get the kids up and get them ready for school. When the bus pulls away I come back in and drop. It just kicks my ass.
So it's back to this acceptance thing again. I guess my mornings are just going to be painful from now on. This frustrates the hell out of me because I really need to be at my best in the morning.
I've tried taking my pills a little early before I get up but what usually happens is once I'm awake I stay awake and end up getting up anyway.
I'm just wanting to know if any of you deal with this and if you've figured anyway to make things better in the mornings. I feel like my mornings are getting harder.
I was watching my husband walk through the kitchen the other day and the thought came to me. "When was the last time I was able to freely move like that...?". I've been dealing with chronic pain for 8 yrs now. After suffering enough additional pain from NOT accepting my limitations (boy, that's a tough one) and trying to plow the north forty over and over again, I am more comfortable today giving myself the mornings off, lol. But sometimes still, I wonder if maybe today I can plow that damned field.......
I had to learn acceptance of not doing so much in the mornings and putting things off that I want to get done and I hated it at first; now I just accept it's part of my life.
I know it's not easy as we do become creatures of habit and I know you enjoyed your mornings a lot. Find a new time that is just for you to enjoy if it can no longer be the mornings. I've found late evenings work great for me and if my pain is controlled enough, I might sleep 6 to 7 hours without waking up if I'm lucky.
My coffee used to be around 6 and it's become a 9 to 10AM ritual now. I do less before Noon than anyone in the Military all day I'm sure.
Sometimes it's taking it one moment at a time vs one day at a time; I guess I've just gotten used to it.
Other days I'm up at 4AM and can't go back to sleep and seem to pay for that worse than sleeping later.
I know how hard it is to ever find any happy medium while living with chronic pain.
Hugs,
Rhonda
I don't think there is a magical relief to this, but I've tried and keep trying to pray right away in the morning. Praying for strength to get through the day, thanking Jesus for the new day that He has given me and pray for my friends and family to get the focus off of me. It does actually help getting me going in a positive manner and ending up having a better day. Joyce Meyers has great books on daily devotions, and alot of times I put them on the discussion board. You are more than welcome to read them and see how they change your day (morning). God bless you and I will pray for you.
Chapin