From: The Washington Post
Morning Anxiety Is Real. Here’s What To Do About It
June 9, 2025
Sometimes it can feel like whatever is stressing you out — that deadline, a big meeting, the news cycle — is showing up first thing in the morning. You may wake up with a pit already forming in your stomach and your anxiety high before you even get out of bed.
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People who are anxious can also have an increased cortisol waking response but cortisol doesn’t cause morning anxiety, according to Doug Mennin, a professor of clinical psychology at Teachers College Columbia University.
“It’s not causal — it’s an index,” he said. “It shows an indication of something being dysregulated.”
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