What are Your Strategies for Getting out of Bed in the Morning?

[Amethyst Grace]

Hello All,

Do you ever struggle to get out of bed in the morning? The entire day stretches out before you...and it ultimately feels pointless. Day-to-day existence can be exhausting. At least that has been my experience. The fact that I have no idea what Jesus wants me to do with my life doesn't help. There's got to be a reason. I know this outlook isn't healthy. As a Christian, I know I shouldn't feel this way.

Have you gone through something similar? How did you overcome it? How did or do you find motivation to face (maybe even conquer) the day?

 

[Jeshu]

Hello All,

Do you ever struggle to get out of bed in the morning? The entire day stretches out before you...and it ultimately feels pointless. Day-to-day existence can be exhausting. At least that has been my experience. The fact that I have no idea what Jesus wants me to do with my life doesn't help. There's got to be a reason. I know this outlook isn't healthy. As a Christian, I know I shouldn't feel this way.

Have you gone through something similar? How did you overcome it? How did or do you find motivation to face (maybe even conquer) the day?

Firstly Welcome to C.F i hope you find many good friends here

AS to your question; for years my days were like that, painful, seemingly pointless and exhausting. For me this started to change when i realised that building my life anew in Jesus would be the way out of my pit. So that is what i did. i began to resist the negative feelings, read the bible and applied its truth to my heart and mind and sought after feelings that had more meaning, like love, faithfulness, compassion, long suffering, joy, faith and hope. This is how the Lord build me anew day after day. Build me strong enough to come out of my bed and find purpose letting Him change my heart and direct my thinking. Strong enough to bear my daily burdens and strong enough to resist the tempting voice of suicide.

This process has taken years and is still in full swing. However seldom do i fall for the tempting voice that makes my life meaningless and useless. Though i admit i do fall sometimes. In reality however love, faithfulness, long suffering, joy, faith and hope have grown a lot over the years. Daily i battle depression but i found purpose in praying and supporting others who are having a hard time. i began to do volunteers work for Church even though that has been an on and off thing depending on the severity of my depressive spells.

It has to do with your mind set. If you give in to your negative feelings and the seemingly meaningless of depression than it will get harder and harder to do anything worthwhile in the end and we long to sleep all day long. i do still get those days that i sleep a lot, but i think that is normal for someone with clinical depression, but i always manage to get out of my bed and face to day head on unlike it used to be.

The trick is to look at Jesus and work with the truths He teaches and let those shape us, not look at ourselves in our depressed state and let the horribleness of it all overwhelm our days and define us.

Jesus is King of the heart first of all, let Him guide you away from the meaningless of it all.



Peace.

 

[bekkilyn]

Well first, your purpose, and the point of your existence, is to glorify God, to always seek his will, and to be an ambassador for his kingdom. Everything else is secondary.

Second, you need to spend as much time as you can in prayer, not *telling* God what you think you should do, but actively *listening* to him. It may take a lot of time to learn to listen, but it's crucial.

Also, talk to people like your pastor and see if they can help you figure out where God is leading.

Volunteering to help others in need while you are trying to figure things out is a huge emotional boost. It can be working on behalf of humans or animals...just some way of putting others needs before your own.

Also, when I was going through a severe "wilderness" time of anxiety, depression, and spiritual attack, God sent animals (specifically giraffes) to minister to me. They have very calming lives.

It wouldn't hurt to get a full and complete physical checkup including blood tests for thyroid problems and vitamin deficiencies. I went through another period of severe exhaustion where I could barely move physically and would just have random periods of bursting into tears (embarrassing when at work) and it turned out I was deficient in Vitamin D. Would have never thought that lack of a single vitamin would have caused all of that.

 

[Tolworth John]

I have no idea what Jesus wants me to do with my life

Jesus wants you, me and everyone to love him and to obey him.

How do I get out of bed in the morning, simple I have to pay the bills, I have to go to work to do this.

So how do you obey the command for 'all' Christians to work so as to be able to give to those in need.

Yes I understand that depression makes getting started very difficult, but having a reason to get up helps, as does having a routine of daily going to work and interacting with people.

Do seek medical help and do keep taking your medication. Talk to your doctor about how your job helps you as it will lead to lower doses of medication.

 

[Amethyst Grace]

Firstly Welcome to C.F i hope you find many good friends here

AS to your question; for years my days were like that, painful, seemingly pointless and exhausting. For me this started to change when i realised that building my life anew in Jesus would be the way out of my pit. So that is what i did. i began to resist the negative feelings, read the bible and applied its truth to my heart and mind and sought after feelings that had more meaning, like love, faithfulness, compassion, long suffering, joy, faith and hope. This is how the Lord build me anew day after day. Build me strong enough to come out of my bed and find purpose letting Him change my heart and direct my thinking. Strong enough to bear my daily burdens and strong enough to resist the tempting voice of suicide.

This process has taken years and is still in full swing. However seldom do i fall for the tempting voice that makes my life meaningless and useless. Though i admit i do fall sometimes. In reality however love, faithfulness, long suffering, joy, faith and hope have grown a lot over the years. Daily i battle depression but i found purpose in praying and supporting others who are having a hard time. i began to do volunteers work for Church even though that has been an on and off thing depending on the severity of my depressive spells.

It has to do with your mind set. If you give in to your negative feelings and the seemingly meaningless of depression than it will get harder and harder to do anything worthwhile in the end and we long to sleep all day long. i do still get those days that i sleep a lot, but i think that is normal for someone with clinical depression, but i always manage to get out of my bed and face to day head on unlike it used to be.

The trick is to look at Jesus and work with the truths He teaches and let those shape us, not look at ourselves in our depressed state and let the horribleness of it all overwhelm our days and define us.

Jesus is King of the heart first of all, let Him guide you away from the meaningless of it all.



Peace.

Thanks for the welcome and the answer. This is really helpful actually. Especially this: "The trick is to look at Jesus and work with the truths He teaches and let those shape us, not look at ourselves in our depressed state and let the horribleness of it all overwhelm our days and define us." That's important - to direct my attention elsewhere - to Christ.

 

[Amethyst Grace]

Well first, your purpose, and the point of your existence, is to glorify God, to always seek his will, and to be an ambassador for his kingdom. Everything else is secondary.

Second, you need to spend as much time as you can in prayer, not *telling* God what you think you should do, but actively *listening* to him. It may take a lot of time to learn to listen, but it's crucial.

Also, talk to people like your pastor and see if they can help you figure out where God is leading.

Volunteering to help others in need while you are trying to figure things out is a huge emotional boost. It can be working on behalf of humans or animals...just some way of putting others needs before your own.

Also, when I was going through a severe "wilderness" time of anxiety, depression, and spiritual attack, God sent animals (specifically giraffes) to minister to me. They have very calming lives.

It wouldn't hurt to get a full and complete physical checkup including blood tests for thyroid problems and vitamin deficiencies. I went through another period of severe exhaustion where I could barely move physically and would just have random periods of bursting into tears (embarrassing when at work) and it turned out I was deficient in Vitamin D. Would have never thought that lack of a single vitamin would have caused all of that.

Giraffes? That sounds like quite a story.

Listening to God is something I am stilling learning to do. I suppose it comes down to leaving space for Jesus to speak...rather than praying and going on my way.

I haven't considering physical causes - but it sounds worth looking into.

 

[Porpoise]

Something I've found that can help is to get up early, so you'll have a period of time where you don't have to do anything and can just relax. Eating breakfast can really help as well. Picture that bowl of cereal as you're lying in bed. Also, open the blinds and let that golden morning sunlight in. Smell something nice like flowers, febreeze, or hand sanitizer, or take a hot shower. Turn on the t.v. and have something pleasant on.

If it helps, you could also plan to do something pleasant later that day, like going to the mall or going to see a movie, that way you have at least something to expect for the day. Find out what amount of structure works best for you. Some people like to have a lot of things planned and some like to leave their days more open.

 

[ToBeLoved]

Do you have a dog or cat or fish or other pet?

Sometimes motivation comes from caring for another human being or an animal. Someone or something else that depends upon us.