I’m feeling a little better but my anxiety is still bothering me. I find myself starting to feel better and then I’m like questioning myself and why I’m not feeling anxious rather than being happy that I’m feeling better. This then makes the anxiety come back and it’s frustrating. My anxiety has also been bad in the morning and it makes the mornings hard to handle and makes me want to just curl up in a ball.
Any suggestions for what others do for their anxiety?
It's common for anxiety to be worse in the morning. I believe it has something to do with cortisol spiking. When we are normal a little cortisol helps us wake up, but when we suffer from anxiety the extra cortisol causes our anxiety to worsen.
Are you receiving treatment? Have you done any research? There's a lot of information out there. Not all of it is good, but you'll probably find some useful tips. On YouTube there are several channels which focus on anxiety.
A couple of things that have helped me are breathing exercises and the acceptance method.
If I wake up in the early morning feeling anxious I do 5 or more minutes of breathing exercises while lying in bed and if I'm lucky I can go back to sleep (if not I take a pill). I do breathing exercises regularly through the day, not just when I feel anxious.
With the acceptance method we don't fight our anxiety, instead we just let it be. We observe it and say something like, 'I see you are back again, I wonder for how long? Anyway you don't scare me, I know you can't hurt me. And now I have to get up and get ready for work.' I find this helps stopping my anxiety spiraling up, in fact it often spirals down. Sometimes I even forget that I am anxious.
Hope you find this useful. Anyway, try different things and see what works for you. You need to be patient and practice but I've found it very helpful.
Good luck and hope you can get some relief.
Mornings just plain suck. Be it anxiety or just having to crawl out of the warm bed full of blankets and dogs. We have used multiple alarms over the years and multiple alarms per morning to get me out of bed. But the easiest time I have is with a slow ramp-up of light, more resembling the sun rising. This is actually healthy on it's own. However for me with depression/anxiety, it makes the waking up less...JARRING. That helps me. I have a routine and I don't deviate if I can help it, but how you feel WHEN you crawl out of bed is what really matters most I think. Some days the best I can manage is, "hey, it's not so bad", and then go get my juice and shower. But that gradual light up makes a difference for me.
I agree with the slow awakening GloomBy suggested. I spend at least an hour in bed in the morning, slowly awakening. Followed by prayer, deep breathing, speaking words of affirmation, listen to a quick 1 min sermon. Try to be intentional about what you let into your mind. Think on those things that are good. Maybe keep a gratitude journal. It’s so awesome to hear you’re making progress with your anxiety and reaching out for assistance. You got this!
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