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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I see memes and stuff about people doing this and I genuinely don’t understand the reason behind it

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[-] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 48 minutes ago

Not sure what memes you are referring to. Sometimes I sit or lie in bed for a bit to get my thoughts in order, process my weird dream, listen to the birds or just enjoy not having to be in a hurry. Sometimes I just want to postpone standing up because I know I will have to sit in front of the damn computer all day again. Sometimes I stand up immediately.

[-] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

In my case it just takes a while to get the gears running, but it’s usually 5 minutes at most

[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 6 points 6 hours ago

I typically wake up dehydrated AF. So I wake up, drink the glass of water I set out next to me the night before, and wait to not feel like I have a whole ecosystem growing in my mouth. It's 5-10 min for me, then it's up, toilet, restart work laptop, make coffee, greet my Person, and finally login to work laptop for the work day. 8 second commute to my work desk is choice.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

I need some time to review the life choices that led me to this.

[-] Tracaine@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

I'm trying to decide between facing another day or ending it all. Some days it takes a little more thought to justify getting up.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

With a little bit of practice you can save time by doing them simultaneously! You haven't truly lived until you've started at a wall for 20 minutes during despair breakfast

[-] mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online 5 points 8 hours ago

I did this in the past. And that was to wake up after stirring awake from my slumber.

[-] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 13 points 10 hours ago

I just need to compose my will to get up. Then it's coffee brewing ritual.

[-] infinitevalence@discuss.online 36 points 13 hours ago

Existential dread of facing the day?

Or is that just me?

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 14 points 12 hours ago

More of an "overcome by anxiety and feelings of failure" for me.

[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

It's fun when it's both.

[-] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 8 points 13 hours ago

Definitely not just you. There's a lot of existential dread.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago

Why, what do you do?

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 hours ago

I'm sometimes tired when I awake, if I didn't get enough sleep the night before. Also, it's kind of like the ADHD thing when you know you should do stuff, but you just sit there consciously doing nothing, although you don't want to be. That also sometimes happens for a bit until I finally start doing stuff.

[-] djsoren19 13 points 12 hours ago

The second my body wakes up, I am in pain and want to throw up. It takes me about 10-15 minutes to stretch, adjust to the pain, and power through the nausea.

[-] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Solidarity fist bump.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago

I'm sorry, that sounds horrible. 🫂

[-] IWW4@lemmy.zip 21 points 14 hours ago

It is just part of their morning ritual.

I like to sit and drink my coffee after I eat breakfast. It is just a bit of Me time.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Yes, I like that too! Some people drink coffee for the caffeine. But honestly, I never really cared about that part. I just love waking up with enough time to relax a bit with a nice cup of Joe. :)

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

My brain and body don't immediately activate when I wake up.

Think of it like when you had to wait several minutes for Windows 98 to boot from a slow mechanical HDD platter lol!!

[-] brokenlcd@feddit.it 10 points 12 hours ago

When i wake up, my body is immediately ready. But my mind takes a lot longer to fully boot. During that in between time you can talk to me. But my brain won't register you.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 9 hours ago

This is me. I'd rather prefer peace and quiet before an onslaught of noise and trying to set some sense of order on the general chaos with people who have a common goal pulling in different directions to achieve it though.

[-] scintilla@beehaw.org 9 points 12 hours ago

TW: Suicidal ideationWhen I was at a point where I genuinely considered killing myself instead of going into work I was doing that like everytime I woke up. I sat in bed debating if going to work was worth it or if I could just end it.

[-] chosensilence@pawb.social 15 points 14 hours ago

depression for me

[-] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 13 points 14 hours ago

the meme is about how it can be hard to face the day given work/political concerns

[-] Ste41th@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

Ahhhhh gotcha, I thought it meant something along the lines of that, thanks for your reply!

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

I usually sleep so deep that after I wake up I'm still semi-conscious for some time and i'm afraid that if i stand up i might land on my face. All gears are definitely not working right away.

The other ten minutes is just existential dread.

[-] limer@lemmy.ml 7 points 13 hours ago

I have envied people who are fully aware and alert and ready when they wake up.

For me, it takes longer than a few minutes

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Powering through the horror takes time.

[-] haych@feddit.uk 5 points 13 hours ago

I'm tired and can't be bothered to get out of bed yet, need to wake up a bit more.

[-] PostProcess@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Waiting for my back to slowly compress back into place so I can move again lol. Am old.

[-] Interstellar_1 3 points 13 hours ago

Sometimes I'm super groggy when my alarm wakes me up and it takes a while to adjust

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