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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 30, 2017 17:21:19 GMT
I decided to ask this because I was recently told by my mother that she envies the way I can get up the first time my alarm goes off in the morning. I'm the only one in my house who is like that and there's a reason.
My brain ignores almost every pre-programmed alarm sound in my phone because they all have a pattern to them.
I found that the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, which I bought after enjoying it on AoS, starts off slow and quiet and gets louder and faster works as a good alarm for me.
I just get up when it goes off because I can't trust myself to hit the snooze button. I missed the bus three times in high school and each time because I thought I hit the snooze button and didn't.
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Post by nillindeiel on Aug 30, 2017 17:29:05 GMT
I hit snooze one time and then wake up when it goes off again 10 min. later. I'm odd though in that my clock is also set 10 min. fast (which actually isn't as bad as it used to be, I used to have it set WAY faster than that for some really odd reason... a couple weeks ago I scaled it back down to 10 min. though and am hoping to eventually wean myself to setting it back to be accurately on time/not be fast at all....I'm strange, I acknowledge this  ) |
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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 30, 2017 17:38:32 GMT
I hit snooze one time and then wake up when it goes off again 10 min. later. I'm odd though in that my clock is also set 10 min. fast (which actually isn't as bad as it used to be, I used to have it set WAY faster than that for some really odd reason... a couple weeks ago I scaled it back down to 10 min. though and am hoping to eventually wean myself to setting it back to be accurately on time/not be fast at all....I'm strange, I acknowledge this ) I wear a digital watch every day (because I can't read analog clocks. Again, stupid brain) and I keep it three minutes fast so I can guarantee myself a small bit of leeway if I fall behind at work. My work, especially at night, can be very time sensitive. My aunt keeps the clock in their living room 14 minutes fast during school because it's the only way she can guarantee that her kids will be ready and waiting for the bus on time. |
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Post by haxemon on Aug 30, 2017 17:39:06 GMT
No alarm for me really. I use white noise when I hit the sack and it's set to stop after 7 hours. So if I start to wake up and realize the white noise has stopped I know it's time to get up. If it's still going I can roll over and go back to sleep. I'm finding that unless I am really tired I tend to wake up shortly after the white noise stops, so the "lack of sound" sort of works like an alarm.
I used to use an alarm but the heart attack of it going off and the anticipation of it going off "soon" interfered with proper sleep and/or started my day with an unwelcome jolt.
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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 30, 2017 17:50:42 GMT
No alarm for me really. I use white noise when I hit the sack and it's set to stop after 7 hours. So if I start to wake up and realize the white noise has stopped I know it's time to get up. If it's still going I can roll over and go back to sleep. I'm finding that unless I am really tired I tend to wake up shortly after the white noise stops, so the "lack of sound" sort of works like an alarm. I used to use an alarm but the heart attack of it going off and the anticipation of it going off "soon" interfered with proper sleep and/or started my day with an unwelcome jolt. Back in high school when I was having trouble finding an alarm that would work for me, (and my mother was getting tired of me missing the bus because she had to leave before it was time to wake me up) it was suggested that I use the 'white noise' method too. I couldn't fall asleep with it on. Again, it was another effect of my brain not filtering stimuli correctly. But that's odd because at my grandma's house, I leave my fish tank bubbles on all night (why should my fish have to breathe less easily because I went to bed?) and can go to sleep fine while also having the fan on. |
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Post by DoTheMath on Aug 30, 2017 17:57:10 GMT
Always set the alarm. Like to start my day at the same time every day, regardless. However, on days-off I'm not above hitting the snooze once or twice.
Funny story:
Back in the late seventies, my sister used four alarm clocks. One on her night stand, one on her dresser, one on an end table in the living room just around the corner from her BR, and one in the kitchen (her house was really small). She'd shut off the one on the night stand and go back to sleep; then 5 or 10 mins later, the one on the dresser went off making her get out of bed to shut it off. The ones in the LR and kitchen were backups in case she kept going back to bed. If none of the others worked, the one in the kitchen did because she'd turn on the coffee and the smell of coffee brewing kept her going until she could drink it. I was literally ROFLMAO when she told me her morning ritual.
It took years to break that habit, even after she moved to a bigger house.
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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 30, 2017 18:10:59 GMT
Always set the alarm. Like to start my day at the same time every day, regardless. However, on days-off I'm not above hitting the snooze once or twice. Funny story: Back in the late seventies, my sister used four alarm clocks. One on her night stand, one on her dresser, one on an end table in the living room just around the corner from her BR, and one in the kitchen (her house was really small). She'd shut off the one on the night stand and go back to sleep; then 5 or 10 mins later, the one on the dresser went off making her get out of bed to shut it off. The ones in the LR and kitchen were backups in case she kept going back to bed. If none of the others worked, the one in the kitchen did because she'd turn on the coffee and the smell of coffee brewing kept her going until she could drink it. I was literally ROFLMAO when she told me her morning ritual. It took years to break that habit, even after she moved to a bigger house. So that's what people did before they could set multiple alarms on their smart technology... |
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Post by DoTheMath on Aug 30, 2017 18:45:32 GMT
Always set the alarm. Like to start my day at the same time every day, regardless. However, on days-off I'm not above hitting the snooze once or twice. Funny story: Back in the late seventies, my sister used four alarm clocks. One on her night stand, one on her dresser, one on an end table in the living room just around the corner from her BR, and one in the kitchen (her house was really small). She'd shut off the one on the night stand and go back to sleep; then 5 or 10 mins later, the one on the dresser went off making her get out of bed to shut it off. The ones in the LR and kitchen were backups in case she kept going back to bed. If none of the others worked, the one in the kitchen did because she'd turn on the coffee and the smell of coffee brewing kept her going until she could drink it. I was literally ROFLMAO when she told me her morning ritual. It took years to break that habit, even after she moved to a bigger house. So that's what people did before they could set multiple alarms on their smart technology... Old School.  |
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Post by Hari Seldon on Aug 30, 2017 18:49:50 GMT
Always set the alarm. Like to start my day at the same time every day, regardless. However, on days-off I'm not above hitting the snooze once or twice. Funny story: Back in the late seventies, my sister used four alarm clocks. One on her night stand, one on her dresser, one on an end table in the living room just around the corner from her BR, and one in the kitchen (her house was really small). She'd shut off the one on the night stand and go back to sleep; then 5 or 10 mins later, the one on the dresser went off making her get out of bed to shut it off. The ones in the LR and kitchen were backups in case she kept going back to bed. If none of the others worked, the one in the kitchen did because she'd turn on the coffee and the smell of coffee brewing kept her going until she could drink it. I was literally ROFLMAO when she told me her morning ritual. It took years to break that habit, even after she moved to a bigger house. I didn't quite do that, but in a similar fashion I used to keep my alarm clock out of reach from the bed. Once out of bed I was not tempted to get back into it. These days I use my phone for the alarm and usually do have it in reach, but 95% of the time do not use the snooze. I still remember a time about 20 years back when I thought I heard the alarm, woke up but was still very sleepy, dragged myself to the shower, then with eyes open went back to the bedroom, looked at the clock, and saw that I had another two hours before it was time to get up. |
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Post by haxemon on Aug 30, 2017 19:06:49 GMT
Back in high school when I was having trouble finding an alarm that would work for me, (and my mother was getting tired of me missing the bus because she had to leave before it was time to wake me up) it was suggested that I use the 'white noise' method too. I couldn't fall asleep with it on. Again, it was another effect of my brain not filtering stimuli correctly. But that's odd because at my grandma's house, I leave my fish tank bubbles on all night (why should my fish have to breathe less easily because I went to bed?) and can go to sleep fine while also having the fan on. I sort of have a similar (but opposite maybe) problem. If it's quiet and there's some little noise down the street or something it makes me alert again. So the white noise is really just to drown out anything else (beyond really loud noises). I tried lots of different sounds (not sure why so many include water - do these people not have pee dreams?!?!) but eventually found a couple that worked for me. This was long after I abandoned the alarm clock though. Before the white noise (and still) I simply have the curtains wide open (my bedroom allows that without really impacting privacy or subjecting the neighbors to unwelcome information) so that the natural light would help me wake up and let me know instinctively if it was morning or not without having to open my eyes and find the clock etc. On rare occasions (early flights etc.) I'll have to use an alarm but 99% of the time I'm able to simply wake up when I'm done sleeping and it really - for me - makes a big difference. I had experimented with alarms that wake you up slowly with a quiet sound at first etc. but as soon as my brain recognized "that's the alarm" I'd sort of go into a kind of flight/fight mode. Anyway, proof that it's off-season for anything AoS to talk about that I'm rambling about this ... |
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Post by Jemma Simmons on Aug 31, 2017 2:33:49 GMT
I set two alarms. My phone next to my bed goes off first and I almost always get up with that one. I do set an alarm clock on my dresser on the other side of my bedroom just in case. That way, if I manage to not set the alarm on my cell or fall back asleep, I have to walk across the room to turn off the back-up.
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Post by caseyrook AKA Mechelle on Aug 31, 2017 3:06:43 GMT
Back in high school when I was having trouble finding an alarm that would work for me, (and my mother was getting tired of me missing the bus because she had to leave before it was time to wake me up) it was suggested that I use the 'white noise' method too. I couldn't fall asleep with it on. Again, it was another effect of my brain not filtering stimuli correctly. But that's odd because at my grandma's house, I leave my fish tank bubbles on all night (why should my fish have to breathe less easily because I went to bed?) and can go to sleep fine while also having the fan on. I sort of have a similar (but opposite maybe) problem. If it's quiet and there's some little noise down the street or something it makes me alert again. So the white noise is really just to drown out anything else (beyond really loud noises). I tried lots of different sounds (not sure why so many include water - do these people not have pee dreams?!?!) but eventually found a couple that worked for me. This was long after I abandoned the alarm clock though. Before the white noise (and still) I simply have the curtains wide open (my bedroom allows that without really impacting privacy or subjecting the neighbors to unwelcome information) so that the natural light would help me wake up and let me know instinctively if it was morning or not without having to open my eyes and find the clock etc. On rare occasions (early flights etc.) I'll have to use an alarm but 99% of the time I'm able to simply wake up when I'm done sleeping and it really - for me - makes a big difference. I had experimented with alarms that wake you up slowly with a quiet sound at first etc. but as soon as my brain recognized "that's the alarm" I'd sort of go into a kind of flight/fight mode. Anyway, proof that it's off-season for anything AoS to talk about that I'm rambling about this ... I can hear noises outside my house but they sort of don't 'register' for me. I mean i'll wake up to a loud noise, but noises like cars passing by or dogs barking are essentially unheard. Even when i'm awake I can actively not hear certain things unless i'm paying attention to them. I might not wake up to my phone ringing (because it's like an alarm with a pattern) It really is weird when you think about what sounds my brain will register and what it won't register. |
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I'll be spending next weekend with some family I like and trying to avoid any remotely controversial conversations with others that I spend the rest of the year avoiding 