MORNINGS ARE THE WORST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've gone through the same thing for years, I hate constantly being in my head, it's because the cortisol levels are high in the morning and it takes the day to kind of wind down and I feel fine usually at night!

I agree mornings can cause a spike. Knowing this can help. “It’s just this morning thing” knowing what makes OCD spike can help. Pay attention to it as just a physical body brain thing that does not reflect you as a person. Like a sneeze to a cold.

I’m off of work at the moment but ya once I get the kids to school I try to get a work out in today I just couldn’t I had to listen to my body and just rest.

Yesss ! It’s always worse in the morning. They say your cortisol levels are higher as soon as you wake up , and I find myself battling harm and existential thoughts more intensely, but once the day settles into the evening I feel better and more relaxed to conquer the day

I'm not yet sure if I notice my anxiety more in the morning, but I do know I notice it more when I'm hungry. My diet gets majorly affected by my ocd, and I have a hard time getting to be able to eat because I am trying to do other things I need to do first (and any ocd rituals that I need to do all along as well). Anyway, since its hard for me to get to a point to stop and eat, I usually keep a couple 16 oz chocolate milks in the fridge, and I have one in the morning, since I know it could be hours before I get to stop and eat. Long story short, I thought I'd offer the thought of trying to find something small, but with a good amount of protein, to be able to grab in a pinch. Maybe getting something in your stomach may help reduce the morning anxiety?

Every morning I wake up in an intrusive thought storm. I like to remind myself that it’s a daily thing and ride out the thoughts.

I feel you! I struggle with harm ocd as well and have recently been experiencing a huge flare due to my dads passing and the manner in which he passed (don’t want to trigger anyone so dont want to get in to specifics) it’s terrible how our harm ocd latches on to the ones we love or ourselves bc the last thing we would ever want to do is inflict pain on them. I’m unsure why it’s so bad in the morning but that happens to me as well….i try to just get on with my morning but I do have mornings like today where I’m just in tears

I get that too! When i was working it was so bad i would start sobbing and panicking and have ti stay home. It feels paralyzing.

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