Mind and Mood: Open Your Eyes

“The alarm goes off and I just can’t drag myself out of bed.”

I hear this a lot. Clients I’ll call Nate, Jen, and Carlos have told me this recently. Nate received his HIV diagnosis a couple of months ago and is still adjusting to it emotionally. Jen is in the process of rebuilding her life after breaking up with her partner. Carlos has been living with HIV for 20 years but is now on disability benefits and doesn’t know what to do with his time.

What about you? How often do you have trouble getting motivated in the morning? For better or worse, the day doesn’t really get under way until you are out of bed. So if you are stuck there, chances are you’re going to lose an important chunk of your day and spend what’s left of it in catch-up mode.

Here are a few techniques to help yourself make that first big move:

http://www.advocate.com/Health_and_Fitness/Health_News/Mind_and_Mood_Open_Your_Eyes/


As someone living with AIDS it is a struggle just to get out of bed, I know first hand. When I read this article I thought of people in general & how they cope with different situations so I thought I post post this in the hope it helps someone their problems.