My Week From Hell

[YoullNeverWalkAlone]

Hi JHR....

Your not on your own with the morning anxiety, I get that a lot, if I’m really struggling it can wake me around 5 in the morning....I have been told it’s something to do with the Cortisol Hormone, at night it slows down to help you sleep, as the night goes on it starts rising to help you wake in the morning, but if you produce too much or there is a sudden spike it can cause anxiety....
I find if I just get up, as long as it’s not before 5, make a brew, have a shower and just try and get on with things it does help break that cycle rather than just lying in bed worrying about the symptoms it’s causing as that’s when I find my mind goes to places I don’t want to go....
Usually then as the day goes on I start feeling a little better....xxxx

[Catkins]

I'm with you on the 5 o'clock thing YNWA, if I wake after 5, I think 'OK, it's morning' and start the day. I've read the cortisol thing too and with me it does ease as the morning progresses.

[JHR]

Well I had a reasonable night still woke with my morning anxiety but it's my birthday today so it soon subsided when I was opening my cards....OH a bit peeved cos he wants to take me out for lunch and I dont want to go so I've agreed to go to a garden centre and have a nice coffee and a piece of cake....it's absolutely peeing down here so I can't even tidy the garden up, oh I'm lying the rain has stopped and the sun is out but there's a big black cloud looming
Planning a lazy day but we'll see lazy days are sometimes my trigger
Hope everyone else has a reasonably peaceful day

[Carnation]

Happy Birthday
A trip to the garden centre with a tea and cake sounds perfect to me.
Have a lovely day my friend xxx

[fishman65]

Hope you've had a wonderful Birthday today JHR!!

[Catkins]

Happy Birthday!

[JHR]

Thank you all had a lazy quiet day yesterday. Hair mask, face mask and a long soak jn a bubbly bath. Had a reasonable night but woke a couple of time panicky cos OH had a headache and he never gets headaches, says he's OK this morning tho. I feel a bit more anxious than I have of late so methinks I'm gonna get busy today
Hope everyone else has a reasonably peaceful day

[Carnation]

JHR, quite a few people I spoke to yesterday had a headache including myself and my O/H and I think it might have been to do with the weather.
I'm pleased you enjoyed your day.
Try not to get disheartened with the anxiety because you've been doing incredibly well. Just think back to a month ago. Sometimes we do too much on the road to recovery. Remember, a balanced day is far more beneficial than fighting your way through challenges and thoughts x

[BlueIris]

Sending love and belated birthday wishes, JHR!

[JHR]

Bought new pillows (yes I know we have enough pillows to sink a ship) with a birthday voucher, this time more expensive ones and hey ho I loved em , OH thought they were still too soft .
Had a reasonable night woke for loo as usual and of course the morning anxiety is still there. I'm working on balance Carn cos I think it's doing less that's causing this new bout but its also not healthy working myself into the ground
Install be thinking of you today with your appointment
Hope everyone else has a reasonably peaceful day