Morning Anxiety? It Might Be Cortisol Awakening Response

My Fitbit wakes me up with my sleep cycle, instead of a blaring alarm waking you out of deep sleep, it wakes you during light sleep!

Mines so bad I wake up panicking like I’m about to be pushed off a bridge.

This is so me😮

I pray as I wake up and have quiet time but thinking what I have to do looking after my 2 special needs grand daughters who are both in their 20 ties

All of the emotional dysregulation has made me disabled so I can't work and I can't do most things anymore. I have dreams or ideas in the night and wake up with my heart beating out of my chest. I feel doom as soon as I wake up and then depending on if I can get a handle on myself I either go back to bed or pace then try to sleep as much as I can to escape the hell that is being awake. I used to be able to get myself to a job for two years at a time but that was years ago now. Now the future seems like a very bad idea. I am not in control of anything I think or feel and I am spiraling rather quickly. No medications for depression helps at all and the side effects sometimes include panick attacks and being extremely suicidal. What can I do when I wake up? Or should I just go to the psych ward ASAP? I do not believe anything can help and for decades this was all random chaos. Now I know it's emotional dysregulation but I am unable to keep control of the triggers which sometimes include weeks of emotional flashbacks and others which make me physically ill with crying vomiting and total panick. My life is unbearable. How long do I keep doing this? It seems insane. I can't even talk to people because I don't care about anyone it's impossible to. I can't be social with this emergency always happening inside me. I can't take care of me or my family and I am just a burden to be taken care of in my opinion. There cannot be any payoff for my spouse. There's literally nothing I contribute in any way.

I'm on a sleep antidepressant and I still wake up and feel like I'm choking it's not the way to wake up and I never thought of linking it to Cortisol

I love you too and i really respect what you do hon ❤

im not living. ever morning i wake up at 4am, i dont know how or why, terrible anxiety all in my chest and nausea. its awful. im terrified because i cannot live like this

My 14 year old son died. It's been 2 years and every morning I wake SO AFRAID and frozen.

Positive affirmations in the morning 🌅 are already helping. Thank you! I need to do life management!

I remind myself "it's just cortisol!" :)

I discovered a chair yoga course called "Bottoms Down 28 day challenge". The presenter, Carol, has a very soothing voice and the slow stretches are very relaxing. I do it first thing and it has really reduced my morning anxiety!

I'm literally Frozen and scared right now I can't even sleep right

I like, knowing it’s our brains way of “helping us” it makes me want to partner with my brain and get us through it versus being negative and pissed off about it!

Haaaa wow, this video was not for me. I have morning panic attacks not anxiety.

This is the sweetest most wholesome comment section I think iv ever seen 💖 hope they are thriving

I am watching this video while having morning anxiety. I am feeling shortness of breath, and taking deep breaths to manage that. I feel like my chest is compressed and it is really overwhelming. All this anxiety is because I am desperately looking for a job and I have to get a job within the next 2 months. But even though I feel this stressed I am lazy and procrastinate a lot which worsens this anxiety😢

I woke up with extreme anxiety everyday during my years in middle school/ high school. Worst feeling ever, always felt nauseous and constantly worried about what the day would bring. But i pushed through without help or guidance 😔 I cried every night about it bc I felt so alone in my struggles. Im better than ever now, thank goodness

I NEVER KNEW WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT dang, im glad theres something i can do about it!!

HEY EMMA
PLEASE MAKE SOME VIDEOS ON TRESS MANAGEMENT

My heart was racing so bad today it inclined me to look up a video. Thank you!

I had so many intrusive thoughts before falling asleep, had a dream about those thoughts and then woke up with morning anxiety, which I don’t often have… I did yoga and meditated, which I always do, and it helped a little bit

I wake up with pain and Brianfog anixety

I'M SO RELIEVED THAT THERE'S A BIOLOGICAL REASON FOR MY MYSERY....

Thank you!

I get very overwhelmed and anxious the second i wake up. What really helped for me is making a detailed morning routine/to do list the night before, like you said. So that i dont have to "think" in the morning but just follow this list

I thought I was going crazy every single day I deal with this thank you for sharing

I wake up shaking, nauseous, sweating, panicking, and I'm trying so hard to not wake up like this every morning

@therapyinanutshell Love your content! My wife works in CBT and was surprised when I knew she was listening to your channel just by voice recognition haha.
Can you recommend an alarm clock that uses the artificial sunlight to wake up? There are a lot out there and I’m not sure if there is one to rule them all.
Thank you!

So i have OCD and have to wake up every day to this

Thank you so much

Thank you a ton Dr. Emma❤

great video

My worry is that at the end of all this, I'm going to be left all messed up! I'm healthy, but all this worries me,edgy all day on the lookout for panic attacks!! I pray, and I'm fine for the moment, I exercise, and I'm fine for the moment,but as soon as I sit or stay still ITS OVER 😢

I have morning Anxiety on waking up it’s horrible almost scary I have to work hard on it to feel my normal self Sometimes it takes a good few hrs Early evening into the early hrs are my best times I can awake at 4’o clock absolutely fine and happy but going back to sleep 💤 and waking at seven the awful low mood appear I have to. Get up pretty sharp and hopefully can work it of ? Iv suffered this horrible Anxiety now 9 months. I’m on medication that’s working but the morning low moods I really hope and pray I can find a way to be myself again.

It has happen 3 times that I feel like I’m loosing my mind. It doesn’t feel like a panic attack it feels worst. I do have bad anxiety but this feels different. Now I’m thinking I’m gonna loose my mind and I feel like I won’t come back from this one day I’m scared

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Ternyata saya tidak sendiri....

I wake up feeling sickly , my legs weak, full of dread, negativity, tired, frustrated, no appetite, but by the time i hit half the day, my body starts to become energetic ,strong and full of determination. I barely complete my morning tasks....but towards evening,i can accomplish soo many tasks within one hour

My cortisol levels where 428ug urine on 24h I need help. The doctors didn't find cancer thanks God. But can't low and fix it yet. Can anyone help me please?

I just discovered your channel and I’m glad I found this video. Mornings are typically worse for me having anxiety and feelings of dread. No healthcare professional has really been to explain the reason for me. I usually feel my best at the end of the day that sometimes I dread going to bed because I know everything will reset by morning.

I’m living this every day.

Thank you. So helpful. Love you!!!

My anxiety is so bad, im a 29y old Investor and have been investing for a decade. I’m so worried about not reaching true freedom so i can retire at 30 next year, start doing whatever i want, however i want, whenever i want, my goals make me anxious constantly, my chest feels always tightend up every day

Wow your kid is really 😍 cute

Does morning anxiety causes chest pain on left side after waking up???

I definitely have CAR

What do I do when the list I make to help me also feels overwhelming 😫

This was an amazing video, thank you! God bless you 🙏🏽

I wake with anxiety constantly, first thing I do is scrape my tongue to rid toxins, drink a ton of water or green juice, then some or all of the following: EFT tapping videos, write out all my worries/fears to God in my journal and hand it over, go for a walk, stretch, breath work (breath of fire works really well), make a smoothie, mirror work (tell myself I love myself) and if it's really bad and I am really really disregulated then I call a friend to co-regulate on my way to work.