Anxiety throughout the day

Mornings are really hard when you have OCD. What you can do: do not stay in bed. That could lead to rumination. Get out of bed and start doing something to show your brain that you’re safe, like brushing your teeth or tidying the bed. Don’t check your phone. Checking your phone early in the morning just teaches your brain that looking for something to worry about is your first priority. Eat breakfast. Research shows eating breakfast in the morning reduces anxiety. By doing these + treatment you’ll notice that mornings start to get easier and easier. Until one day you will wake up without feeling anxious:)

I’m so sorry that you’re going through this! I understand, mornings are very hard for me too. I often wake up with stomach aches that are severe or I’m up hours before my alarm feeling anxious. Recently, I have been doing breathing exercises before bed that has helped some. It also helps me to go to the gym and move my body each morning so I can shift my focus.

I wake up with anxiety too. Some days it feels unbearable. I’ve recently been doing ERP scripts regarding my themes every morning when I wake up. It seems to have helped

You won't like the answer because the answer is "doing nothing". It's the extra adrenaline assessing through your body by your symptoms, whether it is the anxiety or OCD or anything else, and in the morning it's the peak of it because if your nervous system is okay and not hyper sensitive like ours it helps us to wake up and be active. I know You will tell me its ALL DAY LONG! and believe me, I understand because it's the same as me. Let's say a tsunami of stress that has been building through your body over time won't go in one day and two. The best way is to try live your day as normally as You could in this way You are teaching your mind and body that there is nothing to fear. in simple words, let it pass through You. All The Best my friend 🙏🏻💕

Thank you all for all your messages and suggestions. It makes me feel less alone knowing we all experience this (although I find it so unfair we have to!!)💜💜

Hey friend! This is totally normal, and something I have definitely experienced many times in my life. Sometimes I think it is just due to the nature of my dysregulated nervous system. That may need some attention from you as well. Try and reframe your mindset around these uncomfortable sensations and feelings. The more you want them to go away instead of sitting with the discomfort, the longer they are likely to stick around. This is due to your brain, associating those sensations and feelings with negativity and possibly fear. Try giving the podcast called disordered a listen. It actually changed my life, made me laugh and rewrote my relationship with my anxiety.