Waking up.

bjdw1

I always have trouble getting up in the morning. Alarm goes off, hit the snooze button once twice three times... I'm always lazy, sluggish tired when I first wake up. I'm okay wonce I get up and start moving around, but taking that first step out of bed is always a struggle.

Any ideas?

Fozzi43

Don't hit the snooze button, if you keep doing that and drifting off to sleep again that'll make it harder. When alarm goes off, get straight up outta bed

Cait_Sidhe

No advice. I do this too. Waking up is the hardest part of the day.

bathsheba_c

Exercise in the evening or at lunchtime instead.

umer76

I have exactly the same problem. Only idea I have is to put the alarm clock or your phone alarm away from your bed where you have to get out of the bed and turn it off.

Amo_Angelus

Two alarm clocks. Set your first one to half an hour before you need to wake up and put it in the usual place. Second one, make it a loud one, set it to the actual time you need to get up and put it at the opposite end of the room, or even out in the hall, somewhere where you have to get up to turn it off. If you can get one of those phone alarm apps that measure your sleep cycle and go off when it's most natural in your cycle to wake up for your first alarm, all the better.

I have sleep time for the android as my first alarm. I did have a loud pukka alarm in the hallway, but the batteries died and I'm back to struggling.

Once you're up, do something. For me it's blindly make my way to the coffee, have coffee, do my ab workout and then I'm awake. Once the second alarm has you out of bed, there's really no point in going back which is why it works for me to have two lol You still get the snooze and waking up in your own time from the first alarm, the second just gets you actually up...

GymAnJuice

is it this time of year especially hard? i am thinking of buying a SAD light box/simulated daylight therapy light lamp for me and my son, heard good things about them. we'r both finding it really hard. not suggesting you have S.A.D but it might be worth reading the reviews on them to be more informed. you can buy them from ebay from £25
or a coffee machine by your bed to have a cuppa before you officially start your day? best of luck from a sleepy head :yawn:

bjdw1

Might try putting the alarm on the floor at the end of the bed. Can't have it in the hall, I get up way before anyone else in the house has to.

tryclyn

Even when I had to climb a ladder to get in and out of bed I would hit snooze. Now, I have 6 furry alarm clocks that jump and whine after the first snooze. Very effective.

chooriyah

Go to bed earlier.

Also, you might want to consider whether there is anything you can do to improve the quality of your sleep.

Sleeping with earplugs can help. It's a pain to get used to, but I find I sleep much deeper, get better rest, and feel better in the morning. Another important factor is how dark your room is. Another can be when your last cup of coffee was. Uninterrupted sleep is really important and often we don't realise how much we get disturbed and restless during the night.

Of course, I live in a Muslim country with loud noises from three nearby mosques every 4 hours. And there is an uncontrolled rowdy dog next door who likes to bark at anything and everything. So perhaps my interruptions are somewhat higher than the norm!

elisabeisme

i am thinking of buying a SAD light box/simulated daylight therapy light lamp for me and my son, heard good things about them. we'r both finding it really hard. not suggesting you have S.A.D but it might be worth reading the reviews on them to be more informed.

I've used light therapy before to help with getting up in the morning. I used one of the "sunrise" alarm clocks that slowly fills your room with light for 30 minutes before your alarm goes off. It really helped. A LOT! I was surprised how much difference it made.

needles85365

I have a 2nd alarm across the room that I have to get up to turn off. One by by bed is set to go off first, get once snooze then the 2nd really annoying one goes off. Don't allow myself to go back to bed once I'm off. I make sure that I get 8 hours of sleep most days, which has helped a little

Restybaby2012

An alarm clock? Interesting concept.,,that. Ive never even owned one nor would I know how to set it or why. I have this funky internal alarm system. I look at my watch.......calculate what time I need to be awake...say it outloud (like--I have 20 minutes to sleep) and will wake within a minute or two of said time. I master power naps during lunch or break at work this way too. I know what time I have to be up in the morning and have never needed an alarm or someone to wake me. All 3 of my adult kids were the same way growing up and still are.

Its the same with telling time. If I know the actual time ONCE in a given day....from that moment on I can tell you what time it is within a couple minutes all day without seeing a clock / watch. It tends to freak people out big time.

(OP...sometimes what you're going thru can be linked to sleep apnea)

kcoftx

An alarm clock? Interesting concept.,,that. Ive never even owned one nor would I know how to set it or why. I have this funky internal alarm system. I look at my watch.......calculate what time I need to be awake...say it outloud (like--I have 20 minutes to sleep) and will wake within a minute or two of said time. I master power naps during lunch or break at work this way too. I know what time I have to be up in the morning and have never needed an alarm or someone to wake me. All 3 of my adult kids were the same way growing up and still are.

Its the same with telling time. If I know the actual time ONCE in a given day....from that moment on I can tell you what time it is within a couple minutes all day without seeing a clock / watch. It tends to freak people out.

I started being able to do this about a year ago. Mine isn't that sharply tuned though. I wake up within 30 minutes before the time I tell myself. I do set my alarm as a back up but I don't really need it.

I have nothing useful to add to the OP except to say I feel my best when I wake up gradually to outside natural light via the window.