Before your eyes are fully open, a heavy, familiar dread settles in your chest. It’s not just “I don’t want to go to work.” It is a sweeping, comprehensive feeling that you are behind on life, you’re failing at something, all your emotions are feeling wrong. Perhaps you feel guilty about not exercising, overwhelmed by not measuring up to a mental to-do list, or anxious about a conversation from days past. If you wake up feeling bad about everything, you are not broken. You are likely experiencing morning anxiety or daytime mood disparity (a symptom of depression where you feel worst upon waking up). Here’s a look at why we sometimes experience *Biology Worse in the Morning Gloom*Cortisol, the hormone responsible for waking a person up, typically peaks 30–45 minutes after one has risen.People prone to high anxiety, this can be a race triggering thoughts intense feeling of dread. For some other people who went to bed with worry, jittery even stress. They awake irritable this could be misinterpreted by the brain as a threat. In the mind racing thoughts start, or high heart rates are developed. With a mind that’s “Unsupervised” the moment one wakes up their brain resumes exactly where it left off. Clinically from specialized research base why it feels like “Everything” when we wake up, our brains are in a delicate state, often bypassing logical, rational thought and going straight into survival mode. Feelings of *Morning Gloom*mind racing thoughts and a mind whole lot thinking, bypassing logical & soundness and could be from feelings of guilt.
Mental carryover/guilt feeling of never enough or aren’t doing as much as someone else. This can create feelings of *Morning Gloom*in one brain when they first wake up. People brain’s fear center more active when prone to feeling of being scared or unhappy.
Can One Change How They Feel? This cycle can be broken first by taking steps toward morning gloom feeling by first focus on your breathing, not your thoughts take 30 seconds breath in and out. Intentionally ground your thoughts to what your eyes can see to be grateful for. Do not check your phone, avoid checking email and other social media for the first 30 minutes. Fix your mind to not feel rushed, which can trigger fight-or-flight. Instead of thinking about the entire day ahead shift your mindset focus only on the very next task—like use the bathroom, wash your face, brush teeth and then make a cup of coffee. Start at piece meal thoughts complete one thing at a time. In this new day support yourself ahead say out your mouth “Today Will Go Well”! “Things will be alright!” Remind yourself that you are human reflect on self-compassion.
God Word
How to feel better immediately upon waking up is to thank God first for opening your eyes. Look around your environment see what to be grateful about. Put your mind thoughts in an anchoring perspective of God’s Seed his Word for affirming His presence. Now read some verses that offer strength and hope like Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 143:8, and Isaiah 41:10. Then stop and meditate on those verses you just read to develop peace away from stress.
