Getting out of bed in the morning...

Zascar

Lately I find it very difficult to get out of bed in the mornings... I recently came home from a year abroad and back into a full time job. I was dreading getting up early again but I was actually fine for the first month or so - alarm ges off, out of bed no problem. However lately when my alarm goes off at 6.45, I pretty much fall straight back to sleep, and usually wake up 10-30 mins later feeling nackered.

I'm getting plenty of sleep, usually 7-8 hours so that shouldn't be the problem, I just can't work out why I was fine for the first while and recently mornings are becoming much more difficult. my mother recons I'm spending too much time on the computer... Most of the day in work and then 1-2 maybe 3 hours when I get home, I prefer a PC to tv to relax, but I've been like this for years...

I drink quite a lot of tea, 1 before I leave the house, 1 when I get into work, maybe 1-2 more during the day, and usually 1 or 2 when I get home. Again, I have always drank lots of tea so I don't think this would really be it.

Anyone know a reason for why you might find it difficult getting out of bed, or what you can do to make yourself feel a bit fresher when you first wake up?

simu

I'm really bad at getting up too. They say you shouldn't have tea in the hours before sleep though - you could try having herbal infusions instead at this time. (Or decaffinated tea if you're a bit of a heretic).

aidan_walsh

Just pull yourself out of it when the alarm goes off. Don't hit snooze, sit up first.

simu

Put your alarm on the other side of the room so you can't reach it from bed!

Dimitri

Personally i'd drink moer tea than that and it doesn't affect me however it could be simply a lack of fresh air after being locked away for the last two months studyin for exams i too was having trouble getting up in the morning, however i was outside all day yesterday and slept for 8 hours and woke no problem this morning, working and relaxing insidecould be the problem a good breath of fresh air might be all you need

Gordon

Either you are starting to get bored of your job or you need to train yourself not to get lazy and fall asleep again.

Stargal

I dunno, I get the same thing, I'll be still tired in the mornings no matter how much sleep I've had, and if I go back to sleep for a couple of minutes it's even worse. My alarm is across the room and even when I get up to turn it off, I'm too wrecked to do anything else but go back to bed!

Stargal

And it's not laziness Gordon, it's more constant tiredness that doesn't go away until mid-morning

open_book

really struggling for the past couple of months to get up. Just lie there usually wishing the world would just go away and gently drop me back into a nice soft dream. It just seems all so pointless doing anything sometimes, i mean why the **** do we all bother? sleeptime forever if u ask me

Victor

Perhaps life is an anti-climax after your trip?

You need something to get up for. I generally can't get out of bed unless I have an appointment or need to be in work at a specific time. Get a little exercise, cut down on the tea, fags and booze, eat sensibly. If it's still a problem in a few weeks, try talking to your GP.

Having a scantily clad female* wandering around also helps.

* Not your mother :eek:

Victor

Um, are people eating breakfast?

Trojan

Me before 11am on a weekday.

Dimitri

Victor wrote:

Um, are people eating breakfast?

does coffee and a ciggy count?

Magic Monkey

Zascar wrote:

Lately I find it very difficult to get out of bed in the mornings... I recently came home from a year abroad and back into a full time job. I was dreading getting up early again but I was actually fine for the first month or so - alarm ges off, out of bed no problem. However lately when my alarm goes off at 6.45, I pretty much fall straight back to sleep, and usually wake up 10-30 mins later feeling nackered.

I'm getting plenty of sleep, usually 7-8 hours so that shouldn't be the problem, I just can't work out why I was fine for the first while and recently mornings are becoming much more difficult. my mother recons I'm spending too much time on the computer... Most of the day in work and then 1-2 maybe 3 hours when I get home, I prefer a PC to tv to relax, but I've been like this for years...

Was it warm when you were abroad? As the weather is just starting to pick up here, so your body could be reverting to whatever sleeping patterns you adopted there (i.e. P to M-time). Or, you're sweating more due to the extra heat, losing water, thus causing lethargy in the morning when augmented with the diuretic effects of the tea.

Perhaps, try drinking more water, and a bit less tea.

Stark

Reasons I can think of:

Crappy job (nothing to get up for)
Low blood sugar in the morning
Dehydrated in the morning
Confused sleep patterns (try drinking glass of warm milk before bed, and expose yourself to bright light in the morning)
Lighter sleep due to caffeine
Getting old (sorry ).

funk-you

try drinking loads of water before bed, it'll help you to get up early because you'll need to pee real bad when you wake. sounds strange but it works-theres a bit of native american ingenuity for ya.

po0k

Wake up to music, be it radio or whatever.
The beeping will put you in a foul mood.
The alarm clock should really be as far away from your bed as possible.
If your room is cold in the mornings, a timed socket adapter connected to a heater might be an idea - obviously more appropriate during the winter.
Go for a run, jog or a decent walk in the evenings. You'll sleep better when you've burnt some energy. Getting sunlight helps alot too.

Repli

I love a cup of tea before bed.. could never sleep without it!

damn her!

Every few days, get up earlier than usual (in your case around 6.00) and go for a walk or a cycle. I was feeling absolutely wrecked when getting up until recently when I started training from 7.00 to 9.00. After the excercise, I feel absolutely fantastic and the rest of the day is much more enjoyable.

I know the prospect of getting up earlier sounds terrible, but too much sleep can make you feel really tired. Give it a go and you'll be surprised.

hardCopy

Once you've gotten over the first hurdle by getting out of bed i find a freezing cold shower helps shock my body into waking first thing in the morning.

It might sound a bit drastic, but i used to start falling asleep in the shower and this was the only thing i could think of to snap out of it, keeps you fresh for about 40 minutes after, long enought to get dressed and out the door on time.

Canis Lupus

simu wrote:

Put your alarm on the other side of the room so you can't reach it from bed!

Sometimes when I'm working in the Summer at my day job and then helping a mate (farm contractor) so I'd work to the small hours I'd put the alarm accross the room.

It goes off, I get up, turn it off and get back into bed and fall asleep again.

Basically alarms are useful but can easily be ignored. OP you just need to fall out of bed and crawl outta the room. It's all in the head at the end of the day.

The Bollox

simu wrote:

Put your alarm on the other side of the room so you can't reach it from bed!

I tried that before, but it was more due to the lack of options, anyway it worked well for ages then I found the secret art of sleeping even with the monotinous *beep! beep!* man, I would get pissed off when I would wake up again some 20 mins later!

Coconut

hardCopy wrote:

i find a freezing cold shower helps shock my body into waking first thing in the morning.

It might sound a bit drastic ...

A BIT drastic?? Ugh! No no no no no! No way could I do that to myself!

What I find works for me though, is music instead of an irritating alarm beeping that you stop as quickly as possible, making everything nice and quiet again and zzzzzzzz....

Another really useful tip is to sleep with the curtains open a bit (providing you can get to sleep in the first place like this) to allow light into the room in the mornings. This is how the body naturally wakes itself, by perceiving an increase in light (see: retinal pineal axis).

Ultimately though, what makes getting up in the morning easier is having something to get up for. This could be the underlying problem. Is it a dissatisfaction thing? Its not always possible to absolutely love what you do, but you ideally need to find something that isn't a constant struggle.

Stark

Coconut wrote:

Another really useful tip is to sleep with the curtains open a bit (providing you can get to sleep in the first place like this) to allow light into the room in the mornings. This is how the body naturally wakes itself, by perceiving an increase in light (see: retinal pineal axis).

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keevita

i throw the phone across the room, so i have to get up. i also put several goading reminders in my phone to go off at intervals, *if you dont get up now ul fail ur exams*. leaving the curtains open and the window open a crack is also helpful in summer.

Tar.Aldarion

either set up some very loud music on the other side of the room or go and see do your have a low iron count in your blood

goin'_to_the_PS

i doubt that is too much tea 4-6 cups shouldn't really have you wired all night

CyberGhost

Zascar wrote:

Lately I find it very difficult to get out of bed in the mornings... I recently came home from a year abroad and back into a full time job. I was dreading getting up early again but I was actually fine for the first month or so - alarm ges off, out of bed no problem. However lately when my alarm goes off at 6.45, I pretty much fall straight back to sleep, and usually wake up 10-30 mins later feeling nackered.

I'm getting plenty of sleep, usually 7-8 hours so that shouldn't be the problem, I just can't work out why I was fine for the first while and recently mornings are becoming much more difficult. my mother recons I'm spending too much time on the computer... Most of the day in work and then 1-2 maybe 3 hours when I get home, I prefer a PC to tv to relax, but I've been like this for years...

I drink quite a lot of tea, 1 before I leave the house, 1 when I get into work, maybe 1-2 more during the day, and usually 1 or 2 when I get home. Again, I have always drank lots of tea so I don't think this would really be it.

Anyone know a reason for why you might find it difficult getting out of bed, or what you can do to make yourself feel a bit fresher when you first wake up?

did you gain weight?

David19

goin'_to_the_PS wrote:

i doubt that is too much tea 4-6 cups shouldn't really have you wired all night

I've read a few times that people shouldn't consume tea or coffee after midday because it affects your sleeping.

Tar.Aldarion

never ever drink tea and i sleep fine makes sense...don't see any tigers around either..

almostagassi

ill be blunt, get some exercise to relieve stress and get the muscles.

goin'_to_the_PS

fresh air helps me sleep

HerrLipp

goin'_to_the_PS wrote:

fresh air helps me sleep

I think we should change the phrase "slept like a baby" to "slept like a homeless person".

CyberGhost

oh yes, difinitely, and getting up too,

I had a window closed once and I hardly got up, I'd wake up and then just turn off again.

always always have fresh/cool air

mp3guy

Its simple, all you need is a loud alarm that requires you to sit up to switch it off. On a desk at the end of your bed works. Just sit up in bed for a few mins, and you'll wake up

tman

aidan_walsh wrote:

Just pull yourself out of it when the alarm goes off. Don't hit snooze, sit up first.

aye.
i was a snooze jockey until very recently.
having a job where people are actually rely on you to be in on time is prolly what changed this...

i limit myself to one press of the snooze button these days instead of an hour or so of "one more snoozzzzzzzzzZZZzzzz"
i much prefer the extra hour of uninterupted sleep tbh

Alfasudcrazy

Well as you have been away and presumably not required to get up early it is natural that your body will find the new routine difficult.
I would suspect some job related things going on here - do you enjoy and feel rewarded by your work?
Sometimes I set my alarm clock to go off one hour before I have to get up - then reset it for the correct time and go back to bed - that way I cheat my body into thinking I have an extra hours lie in - works for me at least.

Victor

mp3guy wrote:

Its simple, all you need is a loud alarm that requires you to sit up to switch it off. On a desk at the end of your bed works. Just sit up in bed for a few mins, and you'll wake up

Um I can cook breakfast while asleep. Moving the alarm clock isn't a guarantee.

WAking up to a cold breakfast 2 hours later isn't fun :mad:

annR

I know you said you used to manage fine on that amount of sleep . . .but maybe you just need more sleep? Try going to bed earlier?

I need 9 hours myself or I'm a wreck :-)

LundiMardi

It could be your diet,

I had a crappy diet and i was always tired, waking up cranky and moody and i felt it was hard to get up. Now i've changed my diet and i'm quite ''chirpy'' in the morning.

Also, and bear with me on this. But try having sex before going to sleep, makes me feel a whole lot better in the morning!

seamus

I find in the summer, having venetian blinds open just enough to light up the room in the morning, but not enough that the street light gets in, helps you wake up very gradually and easily.

Besprechen

surely the shock of a freezing cold shower in the morning mightnt be good for the 'ol ticker!