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This video popped up in my Youtube feed today. I've often wondered why so many people wake up grumpy. Could cortisol cause grumpiness as well as morning anxiety?
I've always wondered why some people are morning grumps. My family of origin was all larks except for my brother. He hated us because he always wanted to sleep in and was a real grump for at least an hour every morning. My ex was a grump. A couple boyfriends were morning grumps. My housemate, while a great guy, is a morning grump. It's a real downer being around a morning grump and having to put off conversations because of it. Waiting to get the show on the road because somebody isn't in a good mood, etc.
I myself am a "lark." A real morning person. I feel fantastic and full of energy in the morning. I feel positive and ready to face the day. I've always been that way. By nightfall, I'm ready for bed. I'm not grumpy, simply jump out of steam.
After watching the video I think there is something to this however I don't experience it. That's not to say I don't get anxiety at times. It's mostly situational rather than cyclical like with sleep patterns, etc.
Because I've mainly noticed it in men, I think there's a lot more going on than just a cortisol dump. For example, men have a lot of pressure on them to be "real men" whether that is real, imagined or self-imposed. I also think it may be tied to not getting enough real, in person sex or any sex at all. In other words, sexual frustration: emotional and/or physical.
Some people aren't wired to get up early. It's not natural to them. So, having to get up when their body/brain aren't inclined is probably not going to make them feel their best. They might not even be fully with-it early in the morning. So yes, if they don't feel well, they may come across as a bit "grumpy" (or may seem that way because they're quiet and not chatty or chipper). I imagine "morning people" would be similarly "grumpy" if kept up late, because that's not natural to them.
Some people aren't wired to get up early. It's not natural to them. So, having to get up when their body/brain aren't inclined is probably not going to make them feel their best. They might not even be fully with-it early in the morning. So yes, if they don't feel well, they may come across as a bit "grumpy" (or may seem that way because they're quiet and not chatty or chipper). I imagine "morning people" would be similarly "grumpy" if kept up late, because that's not natural to them.
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Originally Posted by pathrunner
By nightfall, I'm ready for bed. I'm not grumpy, simply run out of steam.
I'm not grumpy when kept up late, I simply fall asleep!
I'm not grumpy when kept up late, I simply fall asleep!
And you're probably free to do so, unlike night people, who haven't a choice about getting up early, most days of their lives (unless they either don't have to work, or work non-standard hours)-- and do so without people looking down on you.
Well it seems like evey guy I've dated and the one I was married to disliked the fact that I was not a night person. (That's not to say that I always fell asleep early.)
I wonder. I'm not grumpy in the morning but when I first wake up I experience a wave of anxiety that ends as soon as I sit up.
So do I. It used to be worse. It occurred to me in my 40s that everyone else might not wake up in a panic thinking "is this the day that I will die?" Yet that is how I woke up every day since childhood.
So do I. It used to be worse. It occurred to me in my 40s that everyone else might not wake up in a panic thinking "is this the day that I will die?" Yet that is how I woke up every day since childhood.
My anxiety is over someone else dying, or what terrible illness will befall me.
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