I have been sleeping normaly but am tired all day....from stress?!
Question: This started to happened after I got engaged a week ago, so i think its stress. We are planning the wedding for 5 1/2 months from now.
How can I feel "normal" throughout the day. I feel like I get my normal sleep, i can fall asleep and stay asleep, i just am tired all day.
Any tips and advice please thanks!
Answers: This started to happened after I got engaged a week ago, so i think its stress. We are planning the wedding for 5 1/2 months from now.
How can I feel "normal" throughout the day. I feel like I get my normal sleep, i can fall asleep and stay asleep, i just am tired all day.
Any tips and advice please thanks!
You may not feel like it, but light exercise will help during the day.
Such as, a brisk walk around the block, a light jog, swimming, gardening or a sport you enjoy. You're not aiming to wear yourself out, just to provide a little bit of stimulation. If you sit down all day because you're tired, it will make you feel even more tired!
When you wake up in the morning, do a few starjumps or jogging on the spot for 60 seconds, to wake you up ready for the day.
Make sure you eat breakfast - it really will help! Try some healthy cerial with some chopped fruit or nuts sprinkled on it.
Coffee and tea may give you a quick caffiene fix, but it's not good for you in the long run and can dehydrate you, so switch it for some fresh fruit juice, smoothies or even fruit/herbal tea.
Make your days more active than they would usually be. For example, make a point of walking to the corner shop instead of driving, and take the stairs instead of the lift. It will invigorate you. Then make sure that the hour before you go to bed is relaxing. Try drinking hot, milky drinks like Horlicks or just some hot milk, and snuggle down with the tv, a book or a magazine for an hour before you go to bed. Make sure you get some early nights and make sure your fiance won't make too much noise when he goes to bed and gets up. This will make sure you have a deep and undisturbed nights sleep.
Even if you can sleep alright at night, the stress could be making your sleep light and troubled. Even if you are sleeping, you could be on the edge of waking up, instead of having the deep, unbroken sleep that you need to recouperate and get yourself ready for the morning.
That's why the light excercise in the day will help. It will not only keep you awake during the day, but is likely to help you to sleep better at night as well.
If all the above fails, it's a good idea to go and see your GP. If you explain the symptoms to your doctor, they will be able to give you more tips and possibly be able to prescribe something to help.
It's a good idea to go and see your doctor anyway, as there's a chance it may not be stress, but something like anaemia (low iron levels in your blood - this can make you tired too) which he can give you pills for which will make you feel great again.
However, as it started the week after you got engaged, it is most likely stress.
Good luck, and congrats on the wedding. =] x
don't get married put it off a little longer
You have to do the things which you like the most and forgetting about marriage. Also share this information and talk about this issue with your nearer people. You should practice and hear stress reliever taps every morning. Getup early in the morning and goto terrace in the sunlight. It also gives you some jump from your mood. Dont sit at home as if you do it you would be get into more trouble. Enjoy and meet more and more people and talk it. May be you can do mala and puja everyday. It has also sound effect on stress.
Take some purposeful mental breaks during the day. During your lunch hour or an hour after you get home from work, decide not to think about anything wedding related. Go out for lunch/dinner with friends, watch a movie, play sports, get a massage, something that will distract you enough to get the wedding off your brain.
Maybe even take a day of the week and determine that you won't do any wedding planning that day. I know that's hard because you want to think about it and plan it. But you've got 5 & 1/2 months of this! You need to pace yourself and look at the big picture of how this is affecting you.
Also, are there any other people in your life that could be helping you plan? Can you delegate some things to others?