does anyone else get anxiety in the morning for no apparent reason? i wake up and feel so anxious to the point that i'm trembling, i feel cold but my palms are sweating, and my heart rate is so fast. i wasn't having many thoughts regarding OCD when i first woke up, but then i felt like i had to think them and caused myself more anxiety?? has anyone else had this experience?
i get like this sometimes. i feel super anxious in the morning, almost like my anxiety is the thing waking me up, and i start obsessing and worrying about past and future events almost immediately. it’s so annoying to deal with, feels like the chance of a good day is over before it even began😓
Morning anxiety is actually very common. I’ve experienced it before. Doesn’t mean anything. You can google it (assuming it wouldn’t be a compulsion for you), there’s lots of information about it and some things you can do to help yourself feel grounded and safe like deep breathing, mindfulness, journaling, and having a good breakfast ❤️
Yes, this happens to me. Especially if I’m woken up with a bad dream my mind ruminates like crazy. I tried to remind myself that it’s just OCD trying to attack my brain and to get up and do something in the present, it can be a simple as drinking a cup of coffee and focusing on the taste or aroma.
hey!! I hope you’re doing better after you posted this I have been dealing with anxiousness on & off for the past few days (this is like a rare thing, not constant) maybe because of an experience that triggered it but it’s getting better now. abt the random anxiousness when waking up & not thinking much? yeah, I’ve had it happen to me too. yk the feeling where you’re nervous & don’t know why? & u get even more nervous for being nervous for no reason? yeah, lol, I had it happen to me. symptoms for mine are usually just heavy/tight chest feeling, slight heart race & a mind that worries a bit too much. I felt slight cautiousness this morning bc I wasn’t sure if the thoughts were gonna come rushing or the general anxiousness would take over. here’s what I did this morning to help reduce such thing: I avoided going thru my phone, looking at social media. I focused on my morning & did a couple deep breaths. I was actually looking up online abt dealing with morning anxiety. I don’t think I can say I have it bc idk if it’s just a random event that happens to those that have it or it’s constant. for me, thankfully, it’s only situational for the most part. then a few times it’s there for no reason. idk if u wanted tips but I’ll plug the link in here for anyone who’s reading & would like some good tips! https://www.pathlightbh.com/resources/waking-with-anxiety
@veinsoul I also wanted to add that the NOCD staff posted abt waking up like this & I can’t find the post rn but I’m pretty sure they offered tips as well! u can probably just search “waking up anxious” or something in the search bar & see if it pulls up. you can do this!!!
@veinsoul tysm for all of the advice and resources!!
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