In the morning when the alarm goes?
I have such a difficult time getting up.
I just want to keep sleeping.
I hit the snooze button many times before finally getting out of bed.
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Yeah, I know that one!
I wake up to an alarm clock that makes the most annoying sound. I have to get out of bed to shut it off (it’s far from the bed).
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I go to bed and take night meds same time everyday. I set an alarm and if I sleep in it’s usually only half an hour tops. It’s just force of habit. My alarm is set for 4:45am and I usually just get up when I wake up. Routine is really my savior and it works if you can get your body used to it.
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It used to be really hard for me, but now it’s not.
But when it was hard, I’d set a loud alarm and move it far enough away that I had to get out of bed to shut it off, and if it was close to the bathroom I might as well go in and have my morning shite and brush my teeth, and if I’d done that, I might as well get up and start the day.
Nowadays I get up at the first ring because I have to. Can’t be late for work.
I think the difference now is two things.
One: I no longer take sedating meds at night
Two: I actually want to get up
I don’t want to get out of bed when it’s cold so a warm shower helps me up.
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My alarm is set to 6:30am as I need the time to wake up properly and have lots of coffee and cigarettes
my alarm rings at 6:30 am but i waking up at 5:30am with no alarm.
i talk to my friends in US and Canada i shower brash my teeths and have a coffee
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Honestly the only thing that makes me want to get up is coffee and video games. When I don’t have time for that, I just lie in bed until I barely have time left to get ready and then rush through my morning routine.
Maybe you could try to find a pleasant activity to do in the morning and make it a routine to do that for a while before getting started with your day?
I just wake up, no alarm clock, always up early
When my kids are in school I have to force myself out of bed with the alarm or my autistic daughter will not be able to get ready. She’ll miss the bus and I’ll have to take her or keep her home. Both ruins her routine and makes her upset. An upset mentally challenged autistic person is NOT something you want to put them (or yourself) through. So I get up.
With quarantine it’s harder. I sleep in late a lot
I wake up during the night and get up for 15min at 7am and then sleep again until 9-10am. I can’t sleep one shot since I had schizophrenia.
The fact that my dogs have to potty gets me up every morning.
If I sleep past like 7, they start getting restless.
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I have an internal alarm. Sometimes I need a clock.
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It’s especially hard when you’re dealing with so much. I’m tend to want to escape when there’s a lot going on in my life. But because sleep and being in bed has never been much comfort to me, I don’t have that much trouble getting out of bed, even if it’s just to get dressed and transfer to the couch for the day.
I think, though, that I’ve always thought of getting up in the morning as bare minimum. If I don’t do anything else all day, I have to get up and get dressed. It’s one of my rules.
I hope you have other ways and places to find peace. 
My little dog sits next to me and does a single “woof” every 30 seconds or so until I get up. She can keep this up for 10 minutes or more. The problem is that sometimes it’s at 3am in the morning. Then she just wants to play–often she doesn’t even need to go potty. 
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I bribe myself with the promise of a good breakfast, or lunch (if it’s already noon).
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I do the same, food is really my strongest motivator in life.
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I never or rarely to never set an alarm. I get up when I want to. So, I’m usually always well rested. Like 10 to 12 hours a night. I always feel happy and great because of it.
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I’m like @Skinnyme1
Normally I feel great on 10 to 12 hours sleep.
My sleep time doesn’t always go along with what activities are for me, however. You know, the girl friend wants to be in Boston for a 9 AM doctors appointment. Or like that.
If I do want to get up at a certain time, I set two alarms.