The getting out of bed thing has plagued me my whole life. About the only thing that will really make me get up is if I have someplace that I have to be. Today I had to get up for a computer class that I already paid $10 for. Having paid the money gave me real incentive.
Other ways I try and goad myself are: 1) I put the alarm clock where I can't reach it from the bed. I'm thinking of getting a cheap simple electric alarm clock that's loud and put it in the kitchen so I have to leave my bedroom to shut it off. If I can at least get to the kitchen, then maybe I'll make some coffee or cereal. 2) This is hard, but if I can get into the shower, that can make me start to wake up. (Getting the incentive to get in the shower is the hard thing.) 3) There are medications that can help you to wake up. If I manage to get to the kitchen and take my "wake up" med, it kicks in about 20 min. later, and, to my astonishment, I kind of lose the desire to go back to sleep.
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