Racing thoughts in the morning

I don’t know if anyone else feels this way but in the mornings for the past few months now I feel like I’ve been waking up with my mind already intensely racing about like 100 different random things. It makes me very distressed and causes me to end up being in my head like all day and feels like I can never just be in the present moment and focus on what’s going on because I’m constantly just in my head thinking about my problems.

cmiller902017

Date posted: 1y ago

Of course! You are not alone with these types of racing thoughts. You’ll find many here just like you including myself. Best thing that has helped me when my mind races on many things is to just stay on your current task. No matter how small It may be! When you complete that task, move on to another and another. At the end of the day, whether it was one or many tasks done, I can look and see that I was able to actually achieve something today and tomorrow will be better!

TapDrumRoll

Date posted: 1y ago

I have similar, but I tried a different tactic on mornings now. When I wake up to dread, fear or thinking of how the day can be negative….. I stop and get my song playlist and start listening to it while I get ready for work. It stops my stinking thinking and puts me in a better mood. And I will dance a bit in the bathroom and it’s starts my day differently than I always had done. U you know dragging yourself around, like a robot, and wondering how is this day gonna go? Music has helped my mind.

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Date posted: 1y ago

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cmiller902017

Date posted: 1y ago

@Sweets I completely get you on this. It’s ok to acknowledge those thoughts, but then keep reminding yourself that they are just that! Thoughts… and they neither have a reflection of who you are, who you were, or what you will be in the future 😊

ocdbrain102

Date posted: 1y ago

Each morning I wake up eith a new thought of my past or a name of someone I was involved with that I need to tell my partner about even though they were all in highschool

Froggirl

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Yes! Every morning my brain wakes up going a mile a minute. I start my morning routine- coffee, read my devotional, do Pilates. Sometimes I do meditation. The thought that I had today after my mental ping pong was that those are just thoughts. They are actually pretty meaningless and unnecessary. I need to focus on starting my day.

Book lover❤️

Date posted: 11w ago

Does anyone deal with this?

Does anyone like go through waves. Your mind is super silent maybe a couple of thoughts but you are able to brush it off? But then out of nowhere your mind just starts rushing with every thought? If so, how do you cope with this? It drains me.

hellokitty1

Date posted: 7w ago

derealization

does anyone else get INTENSE derealization (it’s the worse for me when i wake up from a dream in the middle of the night) and it’s so bad that it genuinely feels like nothing is real, not even thoughts are real, consciousness is not real, what the heck are we doing on a floating ball in the middle of darkness?? i feel like im in a simulation or a dream. i hate it sm ive had it everyday for 5 years, but tbh im not surprised it hasn’t gotten better because I have gone through some traumatic things recently and have had bad mental health. hopefully it could get better soon idk.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 6w ago

I don’t know what this is. Help please?

Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?

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