Do You Wake Up Angry?

[ladybug08]

I, too use to wake up angry. Not due to lack of sleep, but the quality of sleep. I use to have nightmares often, now since starting therapy, my nightmares are less and less. My son even told me that I am in a better mood when I wake up...not mad.

 

[uplate]

Ya, I pretty much always wake up fighting in the middle of a nightmare. Very angry, and agressive. The safest thing to do to wake me up is stand at a distance with a long branch and poke me with it.:poke::thumbs-up

Oh yeah, in my case the alarm clock was the end of a broomstick and a friend with a very concerned look on her face. I said I wasn't that bad but looking at it I was, she told me what I was like, I became more aware of it especially looking at the state of my bed, a foot off the wall (it's not on wheels), bits of it all over the place, not the peaceful sleep I'd thought I had even though I couldn't remember what I dreamt. It explains a few of the strange early morning reactions I've got from boyfriends over the years, maybe they were too scared to tell me I was a monster-not-a-morning-person or what did I do last night to deserve a knee. It improved as I did. I had a cockatoo a few years ago, he was pretty tame (and spoilt) I used to leave his cage open when I was home and he'd jump out in the morning, come running into my room and screach as if to say good morning it's great to be alive! That would wake me up and strangely I didn't feel the urge to screach back, still have midnight bedding redecorating though, one night I woke up in different pajamas, I'd got up during the night and changed, scared the crap out of me, god knows how long that took me, the state of my wardrobe half the time I can't find what I'm looking for when I'm awake.

Here is one of my favorite quotes:

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all it's contents. Someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation, or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.

I think that would be something like seeing yourself on TV, I'm a glutton for punishment so did the TV show dogs body thing once (daggy I know but hey it was a paying gig :)), 40 mins live on air, 40 mins of sheer terror and then OMG I don't really look like that do I? Oh crap, how many people were watching? The worst panic attack I can ever remember having, talk about red light fever. Seriously though the memories are like that for me, too much to take in all at once so they get released in managable portions.

 

[shari]

Starting to feel like a drug pusher. Have you tried Prazosin? It is actually a blood pressure medication that has been very successful in treating combat vets for nightmares at night and sleep disturbance.
I started using it in June and it is my new BFF.
I wake up much more rested and peaceful. Worth a try since it is not addictive, not an SSRi and very inexpensive.

 

[midi]

Yep, I'm normal! Waking up an angry monster, spewing some crap, like a tornado, and then it's gone... I do that several times a week. I also do it every single time I get home from groceries or the movies or an event - I can't seem to make the transition from one state of being to another...

 

[Anonymoose]

Yeah. And spent the day with flooding that made me even angrier. I haven't found a thing that helps. I usually choose pleasant distractions then but nothing makes it go away. It just does, sooner or later. I remind myself of that when I can't stand it and can't escape it.