Waking up in the morning.

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Jakob

Jakob

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This is really embarrassing and I've been questioning if I should post this or not. I decided to actually do it, and really listen and be grateful with any advice.

So I can't wake up in the mornings.
I've always been a night owl, cause I feel "free", no one is around.
So I haven't went to bed at 10 in the evening, since I was 14.
I am really grateful that nothing is wrong with me, I'm healthy, yet in the morning I have a completely different mindset, and I can't break that habit.
It's been a habit of over 6 years now, to think "it doesn't matter" when my alarm rings at 7. And then I regret it when I wake up later.
Is it as simple as "just do it"?
It's like I'm not me when I'm tired, and I don't care about anything I just wanna be asleep cause it's nice..

I'm really worried, cause I want a job, but how can I when I'm mr hide with my mindset in the morning?
Last year I did some notes every morning, like I would write "yes I woke up!" Cause I heard 14 days in a row waking up at 7 am would break the habit and make a new good habit of waking up early and sleeping early.
But I only got up until 3 days.
This is not a huge problem in the big scemes of things, so I don't wanna complain a lot.
And I hope you will bear with me.
I don't wanna be disrespectful but just wanna ask, how do YOU do it?

I'm worried that I'm depressed but I know it's my own actions that makes me not wanna wake up. Paradox.
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Hello Jakob :) When you say you are a night owl, how late do you stay up?

And how many hours of sleep do you need to function properly?
 
GandalfTheWhite

GandalfTheWhite

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Get a job where you work nightshift :)

Nothing to be embarrassed about brother :) we were all created differently and even my eight year old want to stay up late :p
 
Jakob

Jakob

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Like now, I haven't slept tonight and now it's 7:40 in the morning.
That's not a lot I have an all nighter. But yeah, sometimes I go to bed at 3-4 am.
 
JesusLives

JesusLives

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I also loved the 3-11 shift as I could sleep in and stay up late cause I didn't have to be at work until 3pm.... When I was younger and first got married I loved that shift. I was a nurses aid... but there are other jobs that have later shifts. Check around I bet you could find something you like.
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Jakob said:
Like now, I haven't slept tonight and now it's 7:40 in the morning.
That's not a lot I have an all nighter. But yeah, sometimes I go to bed at 3-4 am.
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No wonder you cannot wake up at seven in the morning. :eek: More than anything else it sounds like you need to be on a schedule that you practice discipline around keeping. How much sleep do you need? What gets you out of bed in the morning? What motivates you? If you are spending your late night hours in pursuit of pleasure it could be addiction. My daughter would say to me sometimes, she did not know what she did all day, the hours go by seamlessly when you are on the computer. I think most of us here would understand that :)
 
tourist

tourist

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Jakob said:
This is really embarrassing and I've been questioning if I should post this or not. I decided to actually do it, and really listen and be grateful with any advice.

So I can't wake up in the mornings.
I've always been a night owl, cause I feel "free", no one is around.
So I haven't went to bed at 10 in the evening, since I was 14.
I am really grateful that nothing is wrong with me, I'm healthy, yet in the morning I have a completely different mindset, and I can't break that habit.
It's been a habit of over 6 years now, to think "it doesn't matter" when my alarm rings at 7. And then I regret it when I wake up later.
Is it as simple as "just do it"?
It's like I'm not me when I'm tired, and I don't care about anything I just wanna be asleep cause it's nice..

I'm really worried, cause I want a job, but how can I when I'm mr hide with my mindset in the morning?
Last year I did some notes every morning, like I would write "yes I woke up!" Cause I heard 14 days in a row waking up at 7 am would break the habit and make a new good habit of waking up early and sleeping early.
But I only got up until 3 days.
This is not a huge problem in the big scemes of things, so I don't wanna complain a lot.
And I hope you will bear with me.
I don't wanna be disrespectful but just wanna ask, how do YOU do it?

I'm worried that I'm depressed but I know it's my own actions that makes me not wanna wake up. Paradox.
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Getting up early in the morning is not necessarily a good habit nor waking up later in the day a bad habit, it all depends on your schedule. There is no reason to be depressed based simply on the time you get out of bed. The important thing is to get out of bed when you have had sufficient sleep.

It is good that you want a job so that you can be productive. Find something that is suitable and then base your sleep schedule on this.

I pray that God will find suitable employment for you but you have to do your part also in pursuing this where God leads you. It's time to get into the game. Go for it.
 
PANCAKES

PANCAKES

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Jakob, research says that the more you make the "right" decision through action, the easier it will be to keep making that right decision in the long term. You are bound to screw up in the beginning (and every now and again), as your brain is in the process of re-wiring itself. this problem of not being able to wake up is very much a compulsive issue; and of course as you mentioned, a depression issue as well.

The way I usually handle anything like this is spending time in the word of God, and "renewing my mind" - Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will Rom 12:2


This link is an interesting read and has some research tied in with it. The article talks about:

1) Being more aware of your thoughts (and as an added bonus taking those thoughts and immediately remembering a TRUTH of scripture, dwell on Gods truth)
2) "It is much easier to change what we are doing than what we are thinking or feeling and certainly easier than changing our physical response. The next time you have an urge to do an addictive behavior ("I don't want to wake up"), notice the urge, name the urge, and do a different behavior first."

Overcome addictions and compulsions by rewiring the brain.


Some of this research reminds me of what the Bible has told us all along.

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5


 
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