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So every morning, I try to wake up by using an alarm clock. Lots of people do this and they have no trouble with it. But I am certain that I am not alone when I say that I have trouble 'listening' to my alarm clock. The alarm clock wakes me up, that for sure but then I have the evil temptation of turning off the alarm clock and proceeding back to bed. This really sucks, I usually sleep untill noon and by then I feel like I have wasted the whole day, since I go to bed at 2AM.
So my current instincts tell me to turn off the alarm clock and stay in the warm sanctity that is my bed. I'm wondering what you all do to get up when you hear the alarm clock and to resist the temptation of turning it off.
I tried setting it across the room, I just slowly lay back down and go to bed.
So once again, here is the question:
How do you make yourself get up when you hear your alarm clock? How do you resist the temptation of turning it off, or how can I personally resist the temptation of turning it off? Thanks!
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i go to bed a 2 and wake up at 9
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Will power.
Maybe it is just me, but I never really had the phase where I would turn off or delay my alarm. When I hear it, I get up. It is just routine, no matter how tired, and what situation, I will get up.
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The snooze button is the way to go. 8 minute intervals is usually enough that I can wake up by the 3rd or 4th alarm.
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You have to force yourself out of bed. There really is no other way. I once rigged the fire alarm to go off as an alarm clock, but even after getting a step-ladder and yanking the batteries out, I still crawled into bed and slept another 5 hours.
Discipline yourself, young padawan. You are your only hope.
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United States24805 Posts
I have one near my bed and one across the room. The one near my bed goes off 5 minutes before the one across the room. They each have a 10 minute snooze cycle. After a couple of cycles I get up :D
A few things to consider:
1) How long after you fall asleep are you setting your alarm for?
2) What is your reason for wanting to be on an earlier schedule?
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I usually just sit in bed, listening to the alarm until i have the willpower to stay awake before i turn it off
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I threw my alarm clock out of the window the first time i had to get up really early to go to work.
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I'll lose my job if I don't wake up when my alarm rings. That's motivation enough for me to get up.
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put it away from reaching distance
User was warned for this post
mod edit: User's warning was due to a clear failure to read the OP fully before responding. The OP clearly said he had tried putting the alarm clock across the room.
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United States3597 Posts
Maybe set up two alarm clock and place them on opposite ends of the room? Or get one of those coffee makers that starts brewing at a preset time, and time it so that as soon as the alarm goes off, the coffee maker has finished brewing (something like a 10 minute difference?).
I don't really have that problem waking up though. However if you're really having problems getting up at the right time, maybe it's because you just have a shitty sleep schedule. If you're unable to make time for 7-8 hours of sleep, try taking a short nap during the day so you don't need as much sleep at night.
Edit: Also, random idea. Put a bowl of ice next to your bed before you go to sleep, by the time the alarm goes off it should have melted into really cold ice water. So once the alarm goes off, immediately dunk your face into the bowl.
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I've woke up at 3:30 am for the past 6 years. Without an alarm clock. Even if I stay up late or drink or whatever. I have to start work at 4 so I just hurry up get ready and rush out the door. I get everything ready the night before so the only thing I have to think about when I wake up is putting on my clothes, brushing my teeth and leaving.
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I have a really hard time to get up, too. I can just turn my alarm off just like you and continue sleeping like nothing happened. But if you really get up when you set it across the room and still go back to bed, i´m not sure what can help you. The thing that i experienced is that if you don´t have any commitment for the day, it´s hell of a lot harder. If i know i have to be at work or whatever at a certain time, i will get up.... as late as possible, but i will get up. Other than that it´s probably just a matter of self-discipline.
Edit: Oh, and this
On January 04 2012 09:43 Lmui wrote:
The snooze button is the way to go. 8 minute intervals is usually enough that I can wake up by the 3rd or 4th alarm.
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I wrap my phone inside something, like a pair of socks or put it in my jeans and ball them up. Often times both. That creates a little puzzel for me which kinda makes me wake up. It may not sound that challenging to unravel something that simple, but at 5 am it has taken me longer than i want to admit.
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United States5162 Posts
If you decide to lay back down in bed after you're already standing up then you just need to get some mental fortitude. Clearly the comfort in your bed is more important to you then actually getting up or else you would get the fuck up. I don't really know what to say besides that.
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United States24805 Posts
Having some type of a wakeup routine in addition to the thing I suggested might help also. When I get up... first thing I do is wobble over to my computer in the next room and sit in the chair. It allows me to check what happened overnight and slowly let the light from the computer wake me up.
'Following' things online helps because your interest to check up on it in the morning wakes you up.
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I was searching about polyphasic sleep and the guy adressed this problem and how he solved it. In polyphasic sleep you need to sleep only 20-30minutes so you get REM depressed and waking up is very hard after only 20-30minutes
so he "practiced" waking up by just laying down not even sleeping and setting his alarm clock and when alarm clock get off he would stand up and maybe even start running and stuff. After 20 times of this that would be a reflex for him even after sleeping to just wake up stand and start his day after alarm.
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It's actually a mental thing more than anything. Subconsciously, you decided that whatever you had planned for that day was not important enough to warrant getting up earlier for. If, for example, you had a job interview that day, you would definitely listen to the alarm clock for that!
Like breaking any bad habit (or establishing a good one), you need to circumvent this through positive/negative reinforcement until you have a new routine established. There are many things you could try! I recommend having a friend help you out, like doing something randomly undesirable every time you don't wake up at a target hour (call you, hit you with a rubber chicken, set off 15 alarm clocks around you). Set a target time slightly earlier than what you normally wake up to, and then reduce it progressively until you hit the time you want to wake up at.
Also, I believe eating supper earlier will cause you to get tired earlier, thus getting an earlier sleep (you'll also be quite hungry in the morning ).
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well i suppose if your really desperate u could always get your siblings to get a bucket of water but honestly i would lock the alarm anywhere near you like a desk compartment and lock it and place the keys somewhere like the kitchen where u can wash your face and not instantly fall back asleep
(ps; i sleep for mostly 2 hours everyday so it should more or less work)
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I don't think I've ever used the snooze button... it's a stupid button to begin with. Instead of setting it 30 minutes early to allow for a bunch of snoozes, I just set it at a time where I know I need to get up. It lets me get more actual sleep instead of compounding the problem and pissing me off at the same time.
If you're having problems getting up when the alarms rings and they're not related to disease/depression/etc, then you quite simply aren't getting enough sleep and you need to make an effort to get more (or go to bed at times that don't mess over your circadian rhythm too much)
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