Hi there,
Please please read a book by Claire Weekes called self help for your nerves !! Its a very old and rather dated book ( so it should be cheap to get hold of !! ), she has a whole chapter about morning anxiety and how to help control and overcome it. Its an excellent book honestly. I've written on another thread about how, when I first read it I felt like she was just talking to me as she was so spot on with what she says !! If you can't get it, a brief overview, she suggests that its all to do with expectations, in that we go to bed, hopefully a bit more relaxed, we've done our breathing exercises or whatever, just got through the day, and feel a bit better even, and then in the morning its almost like a shock that the feeling has gone, and its like a huge disappointment to know we have to struggle through another day , because the night before we were calmer. I hope that makes sense to you. Her answer to most of the problems we face is activity, not avoidance as such, just get up and do something, anything that works for you, shower, eat, watch t.v, go to work earlier, anything but lie there and ponder the why's.
I hope that helps, and that it makes some kind of sense to you.
I used to hate the mornings more than anything, so I'd drive !!! Anywhere that was open, and on route make up words from car number plates, or play a game on the computer if it was very early, or a quiz in a book.
Good luck, those mornings will get better, honestly.
Sue
