Seriously, I sleep through alarms and people calling my name even in the same room.
See a doctor and ask for a sleep study. You might have sleep apnea, or some other condition.
A few things:
- Prepare for sleep sooner, with dim light and a quiet place, and no screens.
- drink a bunch of water
- don’t set an alarm, but tell yourself when you want to wake up.
It might not work the first time, but after a few attempts it will. Oh, and no food or stimulants within 3 hours of your bedtime.
Sleep until you wake up. See how many hours you need. Then adjust your schedule until you are getting enough sleep. And pay attention to the number of hours - for me 7 can be more refreshing than 8! You may need 9, you want to be waking up at the right point in your sleep cycle, not while you are so very asleep.
I sleep pretty heavy, but when it’s time to get up I can. Do not go back to sleep, get up when you wake up. But really, try sleeping until you wake up.
Putting your lights on a timer may work better than an alarm, more gentle so you have time to come to awakeness more naturally.
I got two hours last night and five the night before. I have maybe slept eight hours once in the last year, and it was after a being up for 36 hrs.
Did 5 hours feel good? Everyone is different. I like 7 hours and cannot nap, it has to be all at once. If you keep waking up at night and feel tired in the day ask your doctor, there may be some cause, not just lifestyle.
Five hours is great 95% of the time. I can nap, I usually get about one hour nap a week.
Maybe lay off the carnival powder for a bit eh.
I know what you’re saying but actually not even once in my life. I did have a cup of coffee early yesterday morning and I rarely have caffeine but I had a big day at work and was going in on little sleep.
A watch that vibrates might help.
Agreed. I keep my alarm on silent because the vibrations from my smartwatch do a much better job at waking me up than the sound from my phone or an alarm clock does. The sleep tracking features could also help provide some insights as to why OP is having issues to begin with.
You would hate me.
I started sleeping in the weekends as much as I wanted and improved my life a lot. Idk why but saturday for example I sleep until 2pm, wake up, have a meal, sleep again form 4 to 6pm, wake up, do something, midnight I go to sleep again until sunday about noon. It’s too much BUT I do start the week so much more alert! It improved my work life and my energy. Do I know why? No. Do I think It’s too much sleep? Yes But it works
You’re lucky! I can’t even sleep through my own damn thoughts
I tried all sorts of loud alarms, moving my alarm on top of a book shelf. Nothing worked, except an alarm that required some mental load. Found an app which let me set a challenge, solve some math sort numbers, that solved it for me. I am sure there are many options so feel free to pick what you like, but I use the app “I can’t wake up” on Android. Started with the free version for years but paid for it a couple of years ago as it has helped me so much.
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Things that have helped me include:
- an alarm across the room that I have to get up to turn off.
- a light that turns on before that alarm
- an alarm app on my phone that can only be turned off by solving puzzles.
- having an engaging activity that I want to do ready for me and fit into my schedule
- getting up a little earlier so I have time to make a decent breakfast instead of grabbing some trash or just not eating.
- a TV set to turn itself on and set to a channel that shows stuff you can’t easily get used to (the history channel used to show random documentaries in the morning, no idea what it’s like now)
- strict discipline about never sleeping in even when I can.
- avoiding spending time in my bedroom when I’m not trying to sleep.
- setting a reminder to start getting ready for bed
- popping melatonin when that reminder goes off if I’m not already tired.
- drink water before drinking caffeine.
- stop caffeine at least 6 hours before bedtime.
- prescription medication in the morning. Not enough to replace all the other stuff, but definitely something that makes a huge difference with my sleeping disorder.
Increase the volume on your alarm. Set it to a ringtone that is less relaxing. Set multiple such alarms, a few minutes apart.
Actually, sometimes having too many alarms can actually lead to alarm blindness where the person does not really recognize the alarms as important and just subconssciousely turns them into background noise.
That being said, I still think at least in the short term this is a good idea. In the longer term, do you make sure that you are really well rested? I.e. the 15 minutes of boredom trick? (Do absolutely nothing for 15 minutes. You should get really bored. If you can manage to stay awake even through 15 minutes of boredom, then you are well rested, if not you need more sleep)
Have you tried getting a louder alarm clock?
Like plug your phone to a powerful speaker system that reaches 100dB. That should wake everyone.
Doesn’t have to be expensive or HiFi, just loud.
May not be an option if you have neighbours tho.
Also, I’ve noticed that I can sleep through music and vaccum cleaner just fine, but I find certain sounds like TV speaking stressful, so maybe try finding an “annoying” sound.
Less weed? If not that, you’re probably staying up too late at night. Go to bed earlier than you have been. Get off the screens at least an hour before you want to to go sleep.
What helps me is that I try to disengage 10 hours before I need to wake up. Usually takes a couple hours before I’m ready to sleep. So I’ll just lay in bed listening to music or scrolling through Lemmy.
I find YouTube playing on my phone with the screen off helps me. Just search for “to fall asleep to” and throw on any several hours long video you like from the results.
(You can install YouTube ReVanced to enable the option to use YT with the screen off without having to pay for Premium.)
Here’s a free online course about best practices for getting quality rest. Geared toward aviation but has practical content. https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/CourseLanding.aspx?cID=174
And if you’re already doing the basics, go get checked out.
