[Cal30]

Okay, let me start by saying I know the solution to this problem is to just get up and go anyway, so I guess what I'm asking is if anyone knows a way to make the process easier?

Lately I've been struggling a lot with morning inertia. First thing in the morning I feel very depressed, afraid and anxious. I wake up with an overwhelming sense of futility about my life, and I just don't see any point to getting up.

Lately I've been waiting 'til the last minute to actually get out of bed and go to work, and I've actually been late a few times as a result (I'm usually early).

Needless to say, this is a serious problem.

Generally I feel a lot better about an hour after I get up, but swinging my feet over the side of the bed feels darn near impossible for me these days first thing in the morning.

Anybody with a similar problem have any success in overcoming it?

[healingme4me]

I've been like this a good portion of my life. I have several alarms set, and find if I mentally stimulate myself to get out of bed, I fare better. Go online, usually, catch an email or article or come here. I have one alarm time that's my now or uh oh bell..

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[palerefraction]

If you have a smart phone, you can get alarm apps that will only stop going off if you scan say, your toothpaste or shampoo bottle barcode. No better motivation for me than the desire for some peace and quiet...

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[vital]

Originally Posted by Cal30

Lately I've been struggling a lot with morning inertia. First thing in the morning I feel very depressed, afraid and anxious. I wake up with an overwhelming sense of futility about my life, and I just don't see any point to getting up.
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Anybody with a similar problem have any success in overcoming it?

Oh yes, I am so familiar with this. I think that what gets most depressives out of bed in the morning is one thing: FEAR. It's not a great way to start your day to say the least.

I think that this might really help you. See "SNAP CLUB" as described here

http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...n-escaped.html

- vital

[Clara22]

Originally Posted by Cal30

Okay, let me start by saying I know the solution to this problem is to just get up and go anyway, so I guess what I'm asking is if anyone knows a way to make the process easier?

Lately I've been struggling a lot with morning inertia. First thing in the morning I feel very depressed, afraid and anxious. I wake up with an overwhelming sense of futility about my life, and I just don't see any point to getting up.

Lately I've been waiting 'til the last minute to actually get out of bed and go to work, and I've actually been late a few times as a result (I'm usually early).

Needless to say, this is a serious problem.

Generally I feel a lot better about an hour after I get up, but swinging my feet over the side of the bed feels darn near impossible for me these days first thing in the morning.

Anybody with a similar problem have any success in overcoming it?

Hi,
I did it by getting pets. Because of my pets, I felt obliged to get out of bed earlier to have time to feed them, etc. I did it for them, I would not do it for me

No success yet, but I keep thinking about things to try. My latest idea is that my "lizard brain" is in control when I first wake up, so I'm trying to think of things to appeal to it. When I wake up and look at my phone to see what time it is, my calendar app will list what events I have today. I've been trying to think of things that I could see there that would make me want to jump out of bed. The only one I've been able to think of so far is "Freshly cooked bacon waiting in the kitchen". Since I live alone, I don't see how to make this happen, but I hope that explains my general idea.

I have two cats, but if they are bothering me for food, I will just get up and feed them then go back to bed. I have a friend with bipolar illness and she says her dog really helps her because she walks him early every morning. She is extremely devoted to the dog and loves dogs in general, though.

If you do like animals, most animal rescues will let you foster a pet (it frees up space for them and will let you "try out" the pet.) I wouldn't tell them that you want to borrow a pet to see if it helps you get out of bed, though. They can be funny about things like that.

I have tried different things over the years to try to make myself get out of bed. One that did help was to have someone call me and I'd talk to them for 5 minutes or so. That seemed to be enough to shift my mind out of "lizard brain" mode to a higher level. It can be tough to find someone who's willing to do that, though.