When you wake up in the morning..

[Moonlovedit]

How do you feel?

It feels so long since I woke up feeling..happy. That happy, fresh feeling. It changed a bit after my Dd was born (probably tiredness) but has been worse this past year..I don’t wake up unhappy exactly, but it’s such an effort and not that lovely, lazy , happy wake up I remember..sun streaming through the curtains and energy for the day.
I’m getting old, aren’t I?

Hmm I don't think it's an age thing. Are you getting enough good quality sleep? I'm annoying susceptible to feeling like shit all day if I don't have exactly the right amount of good sleep. It's such a pain. I feel great if I do though. Am 45.

I'm sure it's a kid thing rather than an age thing. My youngest is 16 and I'm 41 so guessing older than op.
I wake up feeling great almost every day. I'm able to go to bed when I like and exercise as soon as I get up and it really helps, I look forward to the mornings!!
I did not feel this way with 3 young kids at home

How do you feel once you’re up, had a cuppa or a shower, remembered what your day looks like?

My toddler always gets in with us at some point between about 4 and 6, has a feed and goes back to sleep. So depending on how long I was awake in the night I feel sprightly or groggy - worse the longer I’ve slept since I got used to broken sleep about 2 years ago

Once I’ve had a coffee I feel the same most days irrespective of my sleep.

Sorry you’re struggling and hope it improves. I find making the bed straight away and throwing open the curtains and windows, whatever the weather, helps, especially on the groggy days.

I don't think it's at all age-related. Not everything is. Much more to do with quality of sleep and any stress factors going on.

Also, some people do seem to be 'morning people'. I'm instantly awake and bound out of bed at 6.30 every morning (I'm in my mid-50s), but when it comes to staying up past 11pm, I'm completely useless and envy those who have the stamina to have proper nights out and can stay out until the pubs close!

I feel absolutely knackered and grumpy. Between the 3 month old waking for multiple feeds in the night and the 3 year old starting the day at 5 am, I’m not at my best first thing. Do you wake up by yourself or are you woken? Think being woken up is always a bad start to the day.

I don’t wake up feeling unhappy but I never feel refreshed when I wake up and haven’t for years .
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I wake up angry that I have to get up and go somewhere. I wish I could say in bed. I come round and cheer up when I'm on my way to work. It's not an age thing for me though because I've always struggled with mornings.

I’ve never had that “refreshed” feeling. My mum says even when I was a toddler, she was always up before me. I’d love to know what it feels like but doubt I ever will. But in my younger days I’d happily be up till 3am. The only difference as I get older is not only am I not a morning person, I’m not really a night owl now either! But still I find it easier to stay up late than get up early.

… I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream from the top of my lungs
What's going on?

And I say:
Hey yeah yeaaah!
Hey yeah yeah.
I said hey
What's going on?

In truth, I’m shattered and could sleep all morning.

Mostly I feel fine. Rarely fresh unless I’ve been able to wake up naturally. I’m a night owl.

@Meruem same!

I'm one of those annoying people who is raring to go the minute my eyes open usually around 5 to 5.30am. I've always been the same, even with little sleep I wake full of beans before 6am. I'm mid fifties.

I am finding it more of an effort now than it was pre-lockdown.

I am working from home, so for the most part don't have anywhere to "go" when I get up (other than my spare room) and after 15 months it's all just feeling really f*cking monotonous...

@hiredandsqueak

I'm one of those annoying people who is raring to go the minute my eyes open usually around 5 to 5.30am. I've always been the same, even with little sleep I wake full of beans before 6am. I'm mid fifties.

Same.

Just don't talk to me after about 2 pm, I'm done by then!

I'm a morning person but my body is not. Everything hurts. I am hoping this is a menopausal thing rather than a slow deterioration into the grave thing.

I wake up feeling sick but I am pregnant so it's my own fault! Haha.

Usually I feel tired and think I wish I had gone to bed earlier, tell myself ill go to bed earlier tonight and then I never do.

I usually feel happy and excited about the day though.

I'm not a morning person. I would naturally wake around 10 if left to my own devices but I have a toddler and a job so that's not really an option. I wake up and get on with it. By about 8:30/9 I actually feel human.

Well this week I've woken up every morning cursing that's its 6.30am already. Only because ds and dog have been ill, so my nights have been very very broken.

Usually I'm awake and ready for the day, mores now as ds gets older and sleeps until 7.30am.

I do genuinely believe your mood is effected by your quality of sleep (unless you're dh, who just doesn't want to wake up!)

I don't wake up feeling refreshed and i rarely wake up naturally. Usually one of the small people wake me up often before 6. I have an early rising 5 year old who often wakes in the night. My 2 year old sleeps much better!

I can only dream of waking up feeling refreshed and raring to go.

I wake up about 5am, feeling happy ( my dog is the first thing I see, I love that), and excited about the day ahead. I am very positive and always see the positives in any situation. So, if I'm due in work, I look forward to the exercise and feeling of accomplishment ( I'm a cleaner). Today I woke up to the rain. That made me happy because I wouldn't have to put a wash on and I wouldn't have to go out !
Tomorrow I'm going out for lunch so I'll wake up excited that I can doll up and wear a dress !

I wake up in pain from a stiff back and hips and then force myself out of bed reluctantly because I know the dc won’t do anything they’re supposed to if I’m not standing over them. So I guess I haven’t woken up happy for years.

My overriding feeling when I wake up is ah crap, morning already, back to work. I’m 26 and have no DC and the gap between me sending my final work email last night and waking up this morning was less than 8 hours... Feel like all I do is work at the moment and as much as I enjoy my job I don’t spring out of bed full of excitement at the prospect, despite being a morning person.

I guess mine depends on if I actually get any sleep chronic insomnia no meds even touch it,
But when I do manage some I tend to feel okay if it’s a day I don’t have to leave the house or I have that pit of stomach feeling.
Working on it would love to feel fresh and ready to go