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- 3y
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- 3y
Yes! This is actually a biological thing. Cortisol—the stress hormone—is highest in the early morning.
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Everyday
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Yes as soon as I open my eyes it's there
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Constantly
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Far too often. It’s like an annoying counterpart just sitting in the room waiting for my eyes to open and then jumps right in first thing with questions. “Hey, so what’s it going to be? existential dread, gender identity, guilt for things you said in second grade, big repetitive checking loop around the house delaying your arrival to work? Times a wasting and we’ve got a long day ahead of us.”
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- 22w
I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?
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- 19w
Does anyone have any experience with this? I wake up early with severe, severe anxiety and nothing seems to help. I try embracing the anxiety, breathing, and exercising. But these things only seem to help a little. Fortunately, I do think the length of the attacks are getting shorter (mainly because I'm still trying my best to live normally in spite of them), but they are still lasting a good 5-6 hours. They are quite debilitating. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with these? I've read much about potential solutions (being okay with the anxiety), but I was looking for some personal antecdotes. Thank you
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- 18w
Each night I go to bed determined to stop compulsions and start beating this disorder. Then I wake up and it smacks me in the face first thing and I’m doing a compulsion before I know it. I told my therapist that I would try to handle it like we do in session, but I’ve already failed. It seems like I can’t bring ERP into my “real” life.
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