Why It’s Not a Great Idea to Get Out of Bed in a Hurry

  • Posted by Theresa on January 13th, 2006 filed in My Musings

I read this article this morning and nodded in agreement.“GETTING up in the morning is the first, and for many people, the most perilous moment of the day. You can sprain an ankle on the stairs, scald a hand while making tea or be floored in an ungainly tussle with your underwear.”

I am so bad in the morning. I have to make my coffee the night before because I am too clumsy and too grumpy to have to deal with it in the morning. I need at least an hour in the morning to have my coffee, read a little, journal, before I am ready to face the day. My husband learned a long time ago not to talk to me in the morning.

“A study by scientists at the University of Colorado suggests that the performance of people immediately after waking is as bad as, or worse, than if they were drunk.”

I think I perform significantly better after a few drinks than first thing in the morning. At least I can make coffee!

Speaking of clumsy, another time I am very clumsy is right before my period. I don’t know what causes it, but I am more likely to trip, stumble, knock into things during this time. My daughter is the same way. Maybe it has something to do with water retention and that bloated feeling.

From an article by Karen Munoz:
PMS affects approximately 8 out of 10 women. Since the 1930s, the
grouping of symptoms has remained fairly consistent. An American
neurologist originally described these characteristics in 1931. The
symptoms are grouped as follows:
“A- Anxiety: irritable, crying without reason, verbally and sometimes
physically abuse, feeling “out of control”, or Dr. Jekyl-Mr. Hyde
behavior changes.

D- Depression: confused, clumsy, forgetful, withdrawn, fearful,
paranoid, suicidal thoughts and rarely suicidal actions.

C- Cravings: food cravings, usually for sweets or chocolate; diary
products including cheese, and on occasion, alcohol or food in general.

H- Heaviness or Headache: Fluid retention leading to headache, breast
tenderness, abdominal bloating and weight gain”

See, there it is in red. I am not alone! Clumsy women of the world unite! Just imagine me getting out of bed in the morning on a PMS day - clumsy times two.
I have really been struggling with PMS the last few months, especially the depression part. I usually have mild symptoms, always the cravings and the heaviness and headache. But lately I have been having accelerated symptoms in the depression department.
I have been depressed for the last few months anyway, about where my life is (or isn’t) going, working at a job that isn’t inspiring to me, relationship rough spots, etc. But then all of a sudden I am so depressed I can hardly stand it. I just want to give up. I think nobody cares, nobody understands, nobody really knows me. I don’t want to talk to anybody and I am sure nobody wants to talk to me. I am sure my friends are tired of hearing me whine and complain. I am sure they don’t really want to listen to me. I wake up and I dread going to work and facing another day. I wake up and I journal and it is filled with negativity. I wake up and my self talk is degrading and demoralizing. I wake up and I just want to go back to sleep. I can be like this for days and then I realize…oh, it is right before my period. It doesn’t make it go away for feel any different, but at least I can hope that is what it is and that it will lessen.

I feel better having said all that. I don’t know why, but I do.

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