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Oversleeping, can't get out of bed!

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paul91096
paul91096

Hi all,

I am looking for some help regarding my sleeping. For the last 12-18 months I have had massive problems getting out of bed in the morning and going about my day. It is really starting to have quite a negative effect on my life.

My ideal situation would be to rise at 6.00am, have a small breakfast and head to the gym. I know from having being in a routine and doing this in the past that it has a great effect on my day.

As I said for the last 12-18 months I have been unable to get up unless completely necessary. As soon as my alarm goes off in the morning the first thing I do is switch it off. I have tried all sorts of different methods. I have purchased a sonic boom alarm and have set this up in my living room. This alarm is loud enough to wake all the neighbors in my block! When it goes off at my desired AM time I simply get up, walk through to my living room and return to bed.

Another recent method I have tried is an app called alarmy. How this works is that the night before you need to take a picture of an item in your house. You set an am alarm time and it goes off loudly. To turn this alarm off you need to take the same picture as the night before. What I have tried to do is the night before take out a book from my book cabinet which is in the living room and use this as my alarm picture. This means that I need to get up, go through to living room and look through book shelf, get book and take picture. This has also not being working for me. I have being doing this and going straight back to bed.

Nearly every night I sit and right down what my next days routine should be. I think about what achieving this daily routine would do for me, how it would benefit me and how it would make my life better and more comfortable. When my alarm goes off it seems that my brain does not even register these desired tasks or my brain can make it seem so unimportant that going back to bed is best option and tasks can wait. When I wake up hours later I feel really angry at myself, I feel really down that I can't make myself get up and have a good start to my day. I am then unable to fit these important tasks I should be doing in the AM into my day. As a result of not working out in the morning I am starting to put on weight as when I am not training I kind of let my diet go as well.

During the day when I am fully awake I know the importance of me getting up early and getting a start on the day. In the past when I was able to do this it made me feel so much better and brighter. It gave me so much more enthusiasm. Me not being able to get up early enough is causing me to not achieve my goals in life. This leads onto me not doing other things outwith working out.

I am able to get up early if it is an absolute necessity, like to catch a flight or something. I have also tried to book PT sessions or meet my friend at the gym so I am accountable but I managed to do this for a day or two then I just went back to bed and apologized until he stopped asking me to train in the morning before work with him.

Anyone any ideas on how I can overcome this? Have I just lost my discipline and motivation?

 

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  • alanatcroydon
    alanatcroydon paul91096

    Posted

    Yes. Not feeling like getting up in the morning at 06.00.  I feel just the same when the alarm goes off at 05.30!
  • Suzymyboys
    Suzymyboys paul91096

    Posted

    Hi Paul. I can relate to this post.As I have had the same issue,s for a few months now.You don,t say whether your on any,medication? I am for depression and back pain.But nomatter what time I go to bed.When I wake up its almost like I haven,t slept.I too do note,s of things I must do! But this week alone out of the 5 important call,s I have to make only 2 ive achieved.It is so frustrating as I too then feel like ive wasted a day.But the pattern is repeating.Unless Its a must get up.ie I take my son to school.But that only takes 20minate,s.Then i go back to bed.I sleep right through ignoring alarms set for myself thinking at the time just 20 more minates.But I pick my son up 330pm.At the moment I,m getting up around 2pm.Most the day ruined.I need to talk to my doctor.It is NOT NORMAL.If your on no medication your,s sounds like a medical issue.And they will perform certain test,s.So don,t feel bad on yourself.Their,s a obvious reason behind this.Like people whom can,t sleep we are just the oppisite we sleep too much.Or our brain,s don,t want to wake up. Contact your doctor.Goodluck.
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