anyone else wake up with a rush of crippling anxiety in the morning?

[watereyes]

Everyday when I wake up there's about 3 seconds of bliss then all my problems come back and there's a rush of anxiety that makes me fold on myself and my belly gets that fluttery feeling in and it's really bad. it's like being submerged in water.

It's so bad its physically painful and makes me nauseous and eating breakfast is always the hardest challenge in the day.

I had this for most of my life. Some days I didnt but right now as always i'm under a FUCKTON of stress so there's that.

anyone deal with a similar issue? what are your thoughts?

 

[SVEN]

Every single morning, got no solutions, sorry.

 

[.seethroughme.]

Yep. I think that's probably a similar thing for most.

I wake up and slowly the tension increases as I remember everything that's going on. The cold pit opens in my chest and my heart drops and I can feel every heart beat through my body. Then hot and cold sweats.

I struggle to eat too, as by then I'm feeling sick.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Yes, I feel very similar to this. There is this second or two when I wake up that I feel ok. I guess before my consciousness kicks in. Then- like you say- all the worries come crashing in. For me- it's just all the stuff I need to do for work. All the stuff I don't want to do and how am I going to motivate myself to do it? If I don't have work, then it's the worry of not having it. There's always the worry of the future and finances. I'm thinking about suicide within minutes of waking up.

By breakfast- I'm wrestling with the same old thoughts: Why am I doing this? Why work to support a life I don't want to live? It's not like I'm even going to try to make things substantially better. What would that even look like now? Is there even anything I really want? I can't wait to just be free of all this. Oh- but I can't do it to my Dad. So- for now at least, I'm going to have to just try and keep going as best I can but it's such a chore.

 

[deathxo]

Honestly, somedays I do not even have to wake up for the shitshow to start. Idk how it happened but I feel like my mind has now turned into this hawkian eye, that as soon as some consciousness creeps in, I become hyper aware of my internal chatter. My mind just never shuts up. Even dreams are just a weird & fantastical continuation of whatever was going on throughout the day. I hate opening my eyes, but atleast it helps tone down the chatter. I have always loved to sleep, it was my forever escape, but now my mind remains quite awake even while I'm "asleep". Writing this down, I realize that it's actually quite tragically funny.

 

[CTB Fella]

For me, I wake up completely depressed in the morning.

Usually very early.

I just don't want to acknowledge this world, and want to be gone from it.

Anxiety soon creeps in, though.

 

[Xta4Love]

I have this. As soon as Im concious I get crippiling anxiety. It hits me hard. I rush out of bed and just pace and smoke. My heart is racing, I feel like screaming and crying. I have this for three years now. No one seems to understand.

Honestly, somedays I do not even have to wake up for the shitshow to start. Idk how it happened but I feel like my mind has now turned into this hawkian eye, that as soon as some consciousness creeps in, I become hyper aware of my internal chatter. My mind just never shuts up. Even dreams are just a weird & fantastical continuation of whatever was going on throughout the day. I hate opening my eyes, but atleast it helps tone down the chatter. I have always loved to sleep, it was my forever escape, but now my mind remains quite awake even while I'm "asleep". Writing this down, I realize that it's actually quite tragically funny.

I have this too. The chatter and the vivid dreams

 

[vitbar]

When I'm in my anxious patches this happens a lot.

As I understand you get a rush of cortisol to help wake you up every day. It's the stress hormone and can amplify the anxiety symptoms.

 

[アホペンギン]

Almost every morning, even in my dreams I dream about stupid things that make me anxious and feel anxious in my dreams. I don't even like sleeping anymore because of this because usually my anxiety during my dreams are drastically worse than what I experience when i'm awake.

 

[Kerrtu]

Waking up is almost always difficult for me. Most times, before I even open my eyes, just knowing the reality of another day awaits has me feeling exhausted.

I take 1mg of Klonopin & 25mg Elavil which kind of help get me to the afternoon.

 

[Starry✧･ﾟDaze]

Imagine waking up one day and feeling... motivated.

That sounds so absurd and alien to me, Idk if it's funny or sad.

I'm quite the insomniac and have great difficulty to fall and stay asleep. Falling asleep and waking up are both very hard for me actually.

I just want to rest and forget everything that's wrong in my life, but when I finally manage to do so, nightmares and bizarre dreams are awaiting me.

When I wake up, for a few seconds I'm relieved that I've escaped a nightmare, only to realize that I've stumbled into another one shortly after. It's a vicious circle and even after dreamless nights, I can totally relate to that feeling you described.

 

[sakura_]

Everyday when I wake up there's about 3 seconds of bliss then all my problems come back and there's a rush of anxiety that makes me fold on myself and my belly gets that fluttery feeling in and it's really bad. it's like being submerged in water.

It's so bad its physically painful and makes me nauseous and eating breakfast is always the hardest challenge in the day.

I had this for most of my life. Some days I didnt but right now as always i'm under a FUCKTON of stress so there's that.

anyone deal with a similar issue? what are your thoughts?

I'm so sorry you're going through this, I know it can be hellish, I've definitely gone through the same thing for a long time for me, it makes me dread waking up in the morning. You're not alone, we're right here for you :)

 

[Raindancer]

Yes, most mornings. I would have to say waking up is one of the things I dislike the most. Many mornings it's so bad it makes me extremely nauseous and I have to take my meds and go back and lay down for a bit. Strangely, if my night is very restless and I don't get much sleep I feel better in the morning. If I get a good 4 or 5 hours sleep, waking up is the worst. I have no idea why.