How can I get up in the mornings/what is wrong with me ?

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I am really struggling to get up in the mornings. Every day I plan to be up and at my desk (at home) 7-8am but instead I fall out of bed around 9.15am half asleep, half awake, half in PJs, half dressed. I go to bed at a reasonable time, I sleep well. I just cannot get going/motivated in the mornings. I then sit at my PC allowing myself to be distracted by everything and anything. I feel 'trapped' at my PC, seeing the jobs that need doing around me at home but I'm frustrated that I cannot get to them as I have to work. I allow work to slip, I have tasks I should have done a long time ago. I coast, I procrastinate, I have lots of good ideas that I share with my manager, so I seem enthusiastic, but I never have the energy/motivation to start/end them. I want to do well at work. The idea of going into the office i.e. having to get dressed/ready/hair brushed/face on type of thing, makes me tired and exhausted just at the thought of it. I often feign illness & other reasons for me to not come into the office and instead WFH, simply because I don't have the energy or motivation to get myself up/ready and out of the house.

What is wrong with me ?

DC go back to school Friday, not sure how I am going to be able to get them up on time when I cannot get up myself.

How can I get more motivated/energy/a spring in my step ?

How can I get more motivated/energy/a spring in my step ?

Go to work.

WFH obviously doesn't suit you. If you had any other kind of job you wouldn't have the luxury of all that procrastination, and you'd need a fairly rigid housework routine too.

Do you feel shattered even after you wake from a good nights' sleep? If so, I'd be going to the GP as the first port of call and getting blood tests as there are quite a few things which could be causing profound fatigue.
Check that first and then you can tackle the behavioural things around getting up. But you need to make sure you're not eg anaemic or b12 deficient first.

I feel like that OP. When I do go into the office for work, I'm exhausted for a couple of days after.

I think with me I'm generally exhausted, covid lockdown destroyed my health, im perimenopausal and generally struggling. Test results have found nothing else wrong for me.

But saying that, I echo a pp who said go to GP and at least get checked out for the obvious causes.

Get checked out for thyroid issues and iron deficiency. Buy an alarm that mimics daylight. You maybe have SAD syndrome but check health issues first

I feel
The same op. I am due back at work on Monday but I can't wake up before 11 at the moment.

Feel like my energy has been cut out of me.