to wonder if most people get up as soon as they wake up?

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Just curious. I struggle to get enough sleep most nights, so that's part of the issue, but even when I do, I find it excruciating to get straight out of bed as part of me is invariably still in 'sleep' mode. (In particular, going straight from sleep to shower is hugely unpleasant, although part of that is down to sensory processing issues which mean I dislike the sensation of getting wet generally - I do still shower in spite of it, though, before anyone starts thinking I'm a soap-dodger. ) This leads to me having to set alarms a bit earlier than I actually need to be up, which I know is barmy, but I would actually rather sacrifice 20 mins or so of sleep and work my way up to getting up a little more gently, than have to get out of bed the minute I wake up.

Anyone else the same?

I'm the complete opposite, OP. I absolutely hate being in bed but awake/half-sleep. I have this weird anxious feeling that I'm wasting time. I also love getting into the shower right away and I like the water a bit cold as well. Again, it just sort of feels like I'm getting something done/achieved.

I'm weird.

I have an alarm that goes off at 7.15am, then one at 7.30am and then I finally get up at 7.40am. So 25mins extra sleep I could have had if I get up straight away!

Could you not shower at night and not in the morning if you dislike it that much? Then you don't have to think about showering in the morning so won't be so reluctant to get up (plus get extra time in bed?)

I would live in my bed if I could! On a weekend Ds will come in my bed for a cuddle, we had breakfast in bed, we watch tv.... then we get up! On a week day have a time we have to be getting in showers etc, but if we are awake before then we def stay in bed till that point.

I get up immediately. DH doesn't, which bugs me. A lot.

I have to set so many alarms- I hate getting out of bed. I either have to get up immediately or I’ll procrastinate until the last minute.

I have to get up straight away. Not that I don't want to doze for another few minutes, but because I would run out of time for everything in the mornings otherwise.

I think it comes down to self discipline, if you force yourself up straight away and get on with making coffee/breakfast/helping kids you're alert much faster than if you stay in bed. It's unpleasant for 5 minutes but once I've made breakfast I'm fine. I get up around 5am every day as I have an early rising 4 year old. From the day she was born, waking up 'slowly' was never an option 😂

DH likes to wake up slowly (drifting back to sleep to be woken 3x by snooze alarm) I find it baffling. Why prolong the transition? He ends up rushing to be ready on time.

I have ME and getting out of bed is near torture, if I ever get a weekend lie in I can happily keep dozing until after midday. Work day mornings are problematic..I have 3 alarms set throughout the morning, starting an hour before I have to get up and do the bare minimum (kids ready and I just about brush my own hair). I'm not very compos mentis until 10/11. Even if I know I HAVE to get up there and then I really struggle and really push it to the last second.

I need 10 mins to gradually sit up or else I feel faint. I can't just get out of bed, it doesn't end well.

I get up after 5-10 minutes.
Agree with PP - just shower in the evening.

I'm like you OP! First alarm 6.30, second at 6.35, then 6.45 and if I'm not up I'll have my last one going off at 6.50. I love snuggling my husband/duvet being all warm and sleepy. If it was up to me I'd then read a quick bit of Twitter/Mumsnet or check the weather on my phone just to get my eyes used to being open again and then go and make coffee. However, most mornings my two-year-old son wakes me up at 6.30 ish by fibbing that the sun has got up on his Gro clock and saying that he wants milk.

I have ME and getting out of bed is near torture,

Sorry to hear that! I probably should have mentioned that I have it as well so I know how you feel, and I'm pretty sure it's part of why I struggle to move fast after waking. I also suffer from anxiety, so some mornings there's a certain amount of trepidation about facing the day, depending what I've got lined up. Those two factors plus my sleep disorder don't exactly help. lol

I do sometimes have a bath or shower in the evenings as one poster suggested, but my hair is difficult and tends to look best if I wash and style it in the morning, which also doesn't help!

Depends, I do a mixture of both.

If I don't have to go anywhere in the morning I often will laze in bed for a while, play on my phone or read.
However if I'm on call and the phone rings I can be up and getting dressed at the same time as saying hello

I get up immediately as I need to pee so badly !

If i didnt have to get up then I would never get up.
It is my dream to have a full weekend in bed.

Every year for my birthday, all I ever ask for is a day in bed. I love it so much I made up a song about it, it doesnt have many words but I sing it after I have been away for too long.

So in summary, I also hate getting up and stay for every last second in my lovely bed that I am so grateful for.

I do and I think lying in bed makes it worse. My alarm goes off at 5 and I really, really don't want to get up but I sit straight up, but my slippers and hoodie and go downstairs with the light on.

My dad gets up instantly, legs straight out on the floor. He says it is easier and you are just torturing yourself if you stay in bed. I have never managed it. I am a cold person though so maybe that is why i love the bed so much?

I do. Once I'm awake, I don't like staying in bed. There's a world out there with exciting things going on

I have half a dozen alarms going off before I can even consider getting up. I am not a morning person. At all.

DH is a morning person. He wakes up, he gets up. I don't understand how he can do it.

On early shift days im up as soon as the alarms goes (5.40) and jump straight in the shower. If I need to be somewhere at a slightly more normal time, say 9am, I'll set the alarm with enough time to make a coffee and go back to bed for 20 minutes. My favourite days are when my alarm is in the shape of a snooze 2 year old (and she will then happily sit in my bed drinking coffee and watching paw patrol for an hour!!)

*snoozy

I get up after an hours worth of alarms. I have health problems, too, though. I am unable to function if I get up straight away. All elbows and knees, dizziness, confusion/brain fog, pain, grumpiness and just general disorientation if I try to do much before that hour. And believe me I have tried everything over the years! Now I just set my alarms starting an hour before I need to be up, plus an extra 15 mins to drink my coffee.

About 4 years ago I made the change to getting up immediately when my alarm goes off. I'm out of bed before I've even turned it off. This was after years of deliberately setting my alarm for up to 45 mins before I actually needed to get up so I could keep hitting snooze. I finally realised that with each 5 minute snooze the prospect of getting up only becomes more and more unbearable until getting out of bed is like actual torture and it's better to just bite the bullet and get straight up. For me it has been, I would honestly say, life changing. I never struggle to get up (have to be up at 05.30 for work) and I don't even find getting up that unpleasant.

I thump snooze button 2-3 times
Then lie in bed for a further 5-10 minutes playing games on my phone
That extra 1/2 hour or so acclimatises me between sleep and fully awake

I absolutely hate being in bed but awake/half-sleep. I have this weird anxious feeling that I'm wasting time. Absolutely this, thought it was just me!!!

I am up as soon as I am awake; my DH is the complete opposite and will spend ages awake in bed before getting up.