Why do I wake up feeling sad sometimes?

Your body is telling you something. It is missing something. What do you think could be missing? Do you want to listen to music? Dance? Itching to write a story? Study more? Study less? Relationship issues? Grief? Try some introspection on the things happening in your life and do the things you like. If the sadness is really persistent and impacting your ability to do regular activities, perhaps get a consultation from a therapist that can help explore your feelings better. Keeping a journal might be helpful. Each time you feel sad, you can log in the time/day and the things you have been doing that could be making you sad. Maybe patterns will emerge that will point you out in a specific direction. Maybe brainstorming will help.

I go to sleep hoping for a better day to come, but then when I wake up I think about the things I have to face in the upcoming. I think about past days with similar challenges and I wonder if I will handle things better or worse. Many of the problems I face are out of my control. Will my daughter's rapist trial start soon (it's been three years). As I recover from corona virus, I wonder how bad my symptoms will be. I also feel helpless for other people. I am recovered and immune (hopefully). I want to do more, and I cannot right now.

Waking up feeling sad can be a bit disconcerting - in youtube videos showing 'a day in the life', everybody seems to just bounce out of bed and make their way happily to the kitchen to make some kind of outrageously healthy green smoothie or similar. Sadly this is not the normal experience for most people, and I doubt if anyone goes through life without occasionally waking up feeling sad. Sometimes, the sadness is caused by a situation. Sometimes, something specific could have triggered the emotion; perhaps a perceived failure, or a broken relationship. Sometimes sadness follows a happy day, because we know that we have to leave it behind and go on with our lives. Whatever is the cause of the sadness, it is not what you feel but what you do with that feeling that counts. Sadness can be an opportunity to reflect and take things slowly for a short while. It could just be your body telling you/reminding you to take a rest. Whatever it may be, remember that, of course, it will pass. That being said, if you regularly (like, 5/7 mornings or so) wake up sad for a period of three weeks or more, or it is interfering with your day and your ability to get things done, it might be worth seeking a professional opinion.

I think the beauty of emotions is that they change based on different factors. For me this quarentine has made me realize how much I miss my mom (she lives in a different country) and even when we video chat every day I still get sad sometimes because I really miss her. The thing is, the more that I think about how many milestones of my life she missed after the age of 12 because we lived in different countries the more upset I get. Sometimes I get sad for other reasons like my students (im a teacher) not giving it their all when I know they can/could/should. There are even times when I get sad because the sky looks sad yet I also think about the many things that make me smile and laugh and happy. I appreciate the sad because I also have the happy and while it may not be the case while I'm sad it its the case when I'm happy :)

Waking up sad tells me that I've left an issue unresolved, either a loss or a conflict in my life. This could also mean I'm anticipating a conflict or loss in the day or days to come. Perhaps I'm not feeling prepared to engage the tasks I assume are pending in my near future, or I simply do not want deal with some issue. Another reason would be that I experienced a sad dream. If I've been distracted by life, a dream could manifest and indicate there are issues that are more unconscious. Or perhaps a dream would let me know I'm experiencing thoughts I'd rather not consciously acknowledge.

I wake up feeling sad sometimes because I always have bad intentions. I feel like something bad is going to happen at the end of the day. I don’t know what’s going to happen but I know something bad is going to happen specifically. Like something doesn’t feel right during the day so I get sad sometimes. An other reason why I get sad sometimes is because I didn’t get that much sleep. I don’t sleep that much so I can see why I get sad when I wake up in the morning.

Hmm it’s natural that we humans do feel like under the wheather sometimes getting up or sometime it’s just our mood swings or maybe we might not had a good sleep can be a reason but it’s okay u can stay in bed and it’s okay take an day off work on ur feelings try to figure out what’s making u feel this way talk to ur close ones or u can share here and trust me in the u ll be feeling better and normal so it’s fine all days are not good and bad days don’t last forever

Because sometimes I feel I am not up to mark or I should have woken up a little earlier so that I can finish my daily routine and be upto mark for the day but that does not happen on a daily basis and sometimes when I wake up I find myself occupied by several household responsibilities that moods gets off and things do not go the way I want. Sometimes it is even that when I have seen a terrible dream in my sleep and when I wake up I find myself confused and on the other hand I feel sad that something bad is going to happen.

i suppose, life isn't always easy for each and everyone of us... dealing with struggles that appear daily, can make you very frustrated and sad. wishing you could skip this part. when im not on sleeping medication, i experience nightmares, revieling parts of my traumas. ptsd takes a toll now and then, and as much as you try to keep your chin up, enjoy little things, not let depression get it's hands around your throat, you can't avoid waking up sad sometimes. seeing my partner die over and over in my dreams. while trying to cope with his loss, just makes it hard sometimes.

because sometimes life is sad. because sometimes it's tough to just get out of bed and face a new day. because sometimes we doubt that it's ever going to get better, that we're ever going to be happy again. sometimes we need to be sad because it's normal, bandits a part of life. life isn't always perfect, or dreamy, sometimes life is sad. it's ok to feel sad but it will not always be that way. life won't stay sad. that's why we continue to get out of bed on days we wake up sad, why we make ourselves face each day, why we continue to fight through the sadness. maybe it won't be today, but one day, ice cream will taste good again, the feeling of sun on skin will feel nice, and talking to people will feel comfortable and warm. we continue to live for the days we feel a little closer to normal, and for the days we feel content and peaceful