Looking for solutions for my husband who thinks his phone is broken because he either won't hear an alarm right next to his head and let it go off the entire run (4-5 work timers each morning) OR he'll turn them off and go back to sleep, not fully conscious that he even heard them go off. However any other human with working ears in the vicinity will hear it.

I wake up 10 mins before him to work from home but if he's not up and out of bed by the 4th alarm, I have to physically stop work to go back upstairs and get him up. It's definitely more noticeable when he's had a longer day or just less sleep but generally a problem no matter what.

We can't try anything LOUDER (trust me this is plenty loud, you can hear it outside if you happen to be awake at 5am) because we have a 3 year old and I'd rather her not be up at 5am with us. We tried the alarm where he has to solve a math problem. He struggles with technology and if his alarm does wake him up, he's disoriented/grumpy and has trouble even understanding how to even slide it to turn it off. He's much more likely to throw it out the window than remember how it functions at 5am.

How not to over-complicate simple things and perform daily tasks without the need for immediate feedback.

Everyone wants to learn something, to be better at something. But complicated things take so much planning, learning, and overthinking that sometimes there’s no time for doing.

“Do or do not. There is no try.” ― Yoda

Why simple actions are more important than complex plans

Chess, boxing, writing. No matter what you want to get better at, there's one simple trick that will send you far ahead - do it. It may sound crazy, but watching more coding tutorials instead of just starting to practice on your own simple project may be holding you back.

You don't always need instant feedback to move forward. The hardest but the most important part is just getting started. Take action, and the momentum will often carry you through the rest.

Most things are simple, most of the time certain inputs give certain results, but we like to complicate and bypass things. There is nothing to worry about, just accept it and correct course.

2 Different views

Two people want to learn programming. One person watches tutorials, reads books, takes courses, and researches for the best software and the best add-ons to the software before starting. The other person opens Notepad++ and just starts following simple exercises, taking help only when the help is needed. Who will learn more 2 months from now?

The weight of knowledge

Let's continue with our 2 buddies. The first one finally opens the beautifully modified Visual Studio code and... Where should I even start? Which project will give me the best learning curve? What if I should learn it first? I think it's time for another video.

The other person simply practices. In this way, paradoxically, one learns much more than the “knowledge first guy”.

Obviously, too much practice with no theory is also a bad idea. We don’t want to practice and ingrain bad habits. Think of knowledge as the tools in your toolbox, and action as the act of building something with those tools. Both are essential. You wouldn't start building a house without the right tools, nor do you want to loosen a screw with a hammer because you don't know the right tool. On the other hand, having even the most sophisticated toolbox will not magically make you build a house.

Nothing sums it up better than one of my all-time favorite quotes:

“Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.” ― Confucius

There’s no perfect moment

Or ideal conditions, don’t wait for them. There's always something new to learn, a better tool to discover. But progress begins with that first step. Don’t be jealous or angry when someone with that approach goes much further than you, even though you are the “smarter” one. Humble your ego, admit that you may not be as good, and don't bombard yourself with an overwhelming amount of knowledge.

Step 1: Do it. Step 2? There’s no step 2.

So my schedule has been bad, I would go to bed 3-5 am and wake up 12-3 pm (very inconcistent I know).

Yesterday I went to bed at 5 and couldn't sleep (also excited about some stuff in life), so I slept only 3-4 hours and woke up at 11 am. Didn't go to sleep till 10 pm. I did fall asleep faster, but I had nightmares which I would wake up every hour so I ended up sleeping for 2-3 hours and now it's almost 2 am as I'm writing this.

My eyes do feel tired and when I go to sleep I just start stressing over some stuff and just wake up.

I tried a vibration alarm and woke up with it completely fine for two weeks however now I am sleep straight through it.

ever since school started I set my alarms to 5am because that’s what i was used to my last year and this year I haven’t been able to wake up to a single alarm I currently am sitting at 11 tardys all in first block and my parents are starting to get emails and I got detention is there anyway to wake up because I can’t afford to get anymore

I have always struggled waking up and it is getting out of hand. I tried everything physical : loud alarms, alarms on the other side of the room, asking someone to wake me up, removing my blankets, opening the blinds, making noise, the app that wakes you up in dream sleep, smart lights, i even got an apple watch hoping the vibrations would wake me up (they did for almost a year) I also tried everything physiological : going to bed earlier, later, alone, with someone, tired, before I am tired, long after eating, right after eating, with and without a fan, with and without my cat… Nothing works anymore and I keep waking up at 1PM, despite the time I went to bed (could be between 10PM and 6AM). It is becoming complicated for me to be on time at work since I need to be there at 1PM some days… I have an appointment at the sleep clinic in december but I’d like to be a functioning human in the mean time, does anyone have tips ? (Ps : my watch measured my sleep patterns and I barely get deep sleep (less than 1h per night))

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ive used alarmy for probably 4 years now and i feel like in the last 6 months or so the ads are getting out of hand. its really hard to turn off my alarm without hitting at least 2 or 3 ads that open sketchy links in my browser. i also recently deleted and redownloaded the app and it had this disclaimer about requiring us to allow personalized ads? i don't like it anymore. does anyone recommend a different app?

I always set up an alarm 15 minutes before I have to get up to get out of deep sleep. Then, a separate alarm (not snooze) to wake me up officially with a task that makes me have to take a picture of my bathroom to turn it off. I have the alarms set to random loud noises so I don’t get used to it and sleep through. But lately, I have my first alarm set. I get up and turn it off right on time. There should be another one in 15 minutes but I don’t wake up. I have been waking up 2 hours later but the alarm is going off. However I don’t hear it even though I’m not in deep sleep anymore. I can’t tell if it’s me or the alarm being faulty but I’ve changed the ringer so many times and that’s not the problem. I’m lost and college classes start soon so I can’t afford to be doing this

Been using this app for the last 7 years or so, why the hell did they change it the new alarm sound is so damn annoying it makes me want to stop using it.

Say, sleeping for 4 hours at 6pm, then staying up until 2am, go back to sleep, and finally waking up at 6am. I would like to do this, because I arrive home from work at 5pm and am always lethargic at that point, never being able to stay awake. I'd find myself knocked out for 4 hours after dinner, and wake up at 10pm, which I then begin catching up on work. Is this sustainable?

Ive realized for me it's not a lack of motivation, but rather I'm highly motivated to avoid going to sleep. the motivation is in the wrong place .maybe the answer is to know what I really want in life, and what you actually value. Know thyself basically. Maybe I don't have a direction or meaning in your life, therefore I don't know what I really want so there's no focus in a direction and therefore I don't value getting up early etc. I have been this fight for years, it would take something massive to persuade me into going to bed early. no matter how much I want to go to bed early, the resistance is wayyyy too strong, at the point I think I would rather go through a lot of serious pain than going to bed. this resistance or will to self-destruct is very scary to me, and that I can't control it, feels like someone else is possessing my life, I'm not trynna sound like cope or a victim here, ofc it's me doing this to myself. I just have no idea how to understand it. I have been reading some Jung and about the shadow self, and trying to integrate it. Do other people feel like they have a strong duality / resistance controlling their lives or is it just me? Theres also an aspect that contributes to making it harder that is when the nighttime comes there is so much residual negative emotion bubbling under the surface, so much contempt and sadness that makes me not wanna face it lying still in a room. Thers also a big aspect of fear to going to sleep, my imagination can be very horrific and graphic, especially when trying to sleep. I also have had occurrences with visual hallucinations of bad things when trying to sleep, and I have AIWS where things zoom in and out with extremely discomforting tactical/sensual distortions, which usually happens when going to sleep, usually lasts for 30 min but feels like a bad trip. And there seems to be no known cause or cure for this. so I distract myself long in the night until I get so drowzy and spaced out/dissociated that it makes it easier to face those bad aspects when it's time to sleep. usually, I go to sleep when it's suddenly waaay too late and I'm in a panic to go to bed. honestly, this makes me very depressed, ashamed, and frustrated with myself. Because I judge myself for it and others also judge me for it. is there any help out there? plz, I'm desperate. It feels like more of a big emotional problem in my life, and my psyche feels unbalanced. I think this is the biggest hurdle in my life to fix. Or maybe the biggest thing I could improve that could make my life a lot better.

sorry it was all over the place and ranty, I'm deliriously tired and english is a second language, thanks. or If anyone feels remotely similar.

M 24y/o

At the end of my tether here. I have 4 kids who I have half the time and a full time career. For the past 2 - 3 months I have been super super tired and I can’t get enough sleep. I have to nap during the day (when I don’t have the kids) and when I do I feel like a total zombie. I can’t sleep properly and I feel like I am half awake. I have got to the point where my eyes just want to close constantly. I am fit and health and enjoy the gym. I eat healthy etc.

My bloods were no further actioned by my GP even though some were out of whack. Does anyone know if these higher or lower levels warrant further investigation?

HAEMOGLOBIN A1C

Haemoglobin A1c level - IFCC standardised 41 mmol/mol; HbA1c below 42 mmol/mol indicates excellent

glycaemic control in patient known to have diabetes.

Diagnosis: Normal (low risk of diabetes mellitus)

Serum folate level 7.8 ug/L [2.5 - 99999.0

Serum total 25-hydroxy vitamin D level 58 nmol/L; Less than 25nmol/L = Severe deficiency, treat with high strength Vitamin D loading dose. 25 - 50 nmol/L = insufficiency, supplements recommended.

Above 50 nmol/L = Adequate but provide lifestyle advice and consider supplements particularly in high risk groups

Serum total 25-hydroxy vitamin D level 58 nmol/L; Less than 25nmol/L = Severe deficiency, treat with high strength Vitamin D loading dose. 25 - 50 nmol/L = insufficiency, supplements recommended.

Serum vitamin B12 level 260 ng/L [120.0 - 900.0]; Adequate B12 stores. If the patient is on IM B12 therapy, it is not necessary to monitor B12 levels

Thyroid function test

Serum TSH level 0.58 mU/L [0.3 - 5.0]

Serum free T4 level 10.9 pmol/L [7.9 - 16.0]

Serum ferritin level 137 ug/L [15.0 - 300.0]

Serum testosterone level 4.7 nmol/L [6.1 - 27.1];

Below low reference limit

Bone profile

Plasma albumin level 46 g/L [35.0 - 50.0]

Plasma alkaline phosphatase level 47 U/L [30.0 - 130.0]

Serum calcium level 2.44 mmol/L

Serum adjusted calcium concentration 2.39 mmol/L [2.2 - 2.6]

Renal profile

Plasma sodium level 143 mmol/L [133.0 - 146.0]

Plasma potassium level 4.2 mmol/L [3.5 - 5.3]

Plasma creatinine level 109 umol/L [59.0 - 124.0]

eGFR using creatinine (CKD-EPI) per 1.73 square metres > 60 mL/min/1.73m*2 [60.0 - 99999.0]

Liver function tests

Serum total protein level 73 g/L [60.0 - 80.0]

Serum globulin level 27 g/L [20.0 - 35.0]

Serum total bilirubin level 23 umol/L [0.0 - 21.0];

Above high reference limit

Plasma alanine aminotransferase level 22 U/L [0.0 - 50.0]

I’m F17, and I haven’t really changed my sleep schedule besides trying to remove as much blue light as possible before going to sleep - I always used to have trouble sleeping and waking up. (Somehow it’s gotten better - I can fall asleep faster and wake up with one alarm now). I used to sleep at 2am, but I sleep at around 11am or 12am now and wake up at 7am due to school. I sometimes take melatonin but that I don’t think has to do with it because I used to take it and it didn’t do anything (I would still sleep through alarms). Any explanations please?

And by that, I DON’T mean it wakes me up and I hit snooze and go back to sleep, I mean I genuinely just sleep straight through it.

My boyfriend is the one who comes and turns my alarms off because if I don’t they’ll keep ringing for hours until I wake up. I’m a very deep sleeper and they genuinely just don’t wake me up anymore.

He’s tried to wake me up, but that doesn’t work. I even gave him permission to slap me hard to wake me up and that didn’t work either. He pulls the duvet off me, he opens the curtains, he tries to irritate me, nothing worked.

I also tried putting my alarm at the other side of the room because people kept suggesting that to me for some reason? Obviously that didn’t work. If I sleep through it when it’s right beside my head, obviously I sleep through it when it’s across the room and therefore quieter to me.

I’m seriously out of ideas. Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?

This isn’t even a get out of bed thing, this is a how do I make my alarm make me conscious again? It hasn’t worked since it was in like college.

Can anyone tell me what this means? I don't know why it says Efficiency 100% and the thing is all the way to the end of the slide, but it also says "didn't sleep much compared to time in bed."

Anyone know?

Hi,

I have trouble oversleeping my alarm (like everyone here) and came to this sub.

So just genuine question

IYKYK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv6shy_9KVM

Is anybody using that watch and tell me if it’s waking you up? I’m in a totally mess, nothing can’t wake me up and I’m really tired of it. I tried all things except this band and I wonder how it works in real life not in ads.

I’m finding it so hard to get out of bed lately. I’ll set several alarms but I just turn them off and roll back over. Even once I’m fully awake I’ll still stay in bed for an hour or so.

I’m not working or studying at the moment so I’ve got nothing to be up for, which means I can’t find any motivation.

I go to bed fairly early, the same time every night, so I end up oversleeping too often, which makes me more tired, and I’m a lot more productive if I get up early.

Hope it might help some of you as it’s helped me:

— Get a small locking metal cash box with a physical key.

— Find the most annoyingly loud analog battery operated ringing-bell alarm clock you can find (you may need to test a few from Amazon; I use an old school Seiko.) Make sure the alarm fits well in the lockbox and you can hear it through the metal.

— Set alarm, lock in the box. Keep the box in your bedroom and go place the key somewhere else in your house. Go to bed.

— On important days I will place the key somewhere out in my backyard so I have to go outside to get it.

The point is that you have to get up out of bed & out of your room to find something to make the alarm stop — by the time you’ve found the key, you’re awake enough to not hit snooze (hopefully)

Bonus points: do NOT keep your phone anywhere in your bedroom. I lock mine outside in my car overnight for when I’m more awake; this also motivates me to get up and get going because I very often want to check my text messages etc.

For those of you with Idiopathic Hypersomnia, DSPD and/or Sleep Inertia, how good is alarmy? Does it get the job done every day, wake up at a reasonable, early and standard time and allow you to work a normal Full Time Job?

I have always had issues sleeping through alarms. In high school my parents would have to wake me up because I wouldn’t wake up to any alarms regardless of time. I also typically sleep 10-11 hours, so it’s hard to get enough sleep. In high school my mom got me one of those really loud alarms and that didn’t even work. Just annoyed my brother who woke up before me. Ended up exceeding the amount of lates my senior year and had to beg to graduate.

As an adult I have tried several options and lost several small jobs because of my ability to sleep through alarms. Alarms that flashed light did nothing. One that vibrated my pillow worked for about a month until I started sleeping through that. I got one that genuinely could’ve caused hearing loss it was so loud and it did nothing but annoy my parents. It’s actually started to scare me as my window got smashed by a neighbors baseball and I didn’t wake up to that either.

I finally got an adult job that paid pretty well. I thought I could finally start my life and took it really seriously. I made sure to go to bed 12 hours before I had to wake up, but being I had to be up by 6am that made things really hard. I decided to buy a Pavlock alarm and thought I had finally solved my issues.

Until I started noticing I was waking up later and later. I increased the settings and that worked for a bit, until I maxed it out. I managed to fully sleep through it 4-5 months ago and woke up to text messages from my boss if I was ok. It progressively got worse and I started using all of the alarms I accumulated simultaneously to no avail. Yesterday, I slept through my alarm again and was told I was fired.

This is actually ruining my life. I have managed to adapt to every alarm thrown at me. At this point I need a machine that throws me out of bed. Does anyone have some truly hardcore methods of waking up? I need it desperately.

I'm trying a new schedule where I get up at 5am four days a week but even though I feel like I had a solid sleep I feel tired and can't stop yawning for the first hour after getting up.

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri I get up at 5am, the night before im in bed by half 9/10pm and sleep by half 10 so I think that's plenty of sleep but I'm still yawning my ass off and struggling.

Weds and weekends I'm normally awake by 8am the latest and still have the same feeling but not as bad.

Just posting in case this helps anyone else out. I have N24 or non-24 hour circadian rhythm.

Example: most people sleep for 8 hours and are awake for 16.

If I free run my sleep schedule (sleep when I’m tired, wake up when my body wakes me up) my hours are a lot closer to 30 hours awake and 12 hours of sleep. I have been this way since infancy.

There is also a similar condition known as DSPS (delayed sleep phase syndrome) which is basically a constantly moving sleep/wake time. Ex: sleep at 10pm one night, wake at 6am; next day sleep at 2am, wake at 10am, and this continues all the way around the clock.

Fighting against your body to wake at times outside of your bodies perimeters can cause sleep drunkenness (impaired state upon waking), general malaise, and fatigue.

It took me forever to figure this out. Just hoping I can help a few people

Edit: I feel that it’s worth mentioning N24 is more common is blind individuals and those who have autism spectrum disorder

Good morning sleepy homies.

I posted here about 6 months ago looking for advice on my extreme sleep inertia and habit of staying in bed way too late, and I’ve finally found a system that consistently works for me and (crucially) feels good and low-stress. I’m going to lay it out below in case it might help some of you.

For context I’m 31F, natural night owl with ADHD who has struggled to wake up in the morning since early childhood. This has been a huge (really, really major) problem my whole life and I’m finally on my way to solving it. Here’s what I’m doing.

1. ⁠Combined blackout curtains and sunrise alarm: I sleep better at night in a blacked out room, but the experts say you need bright light first thing in the morning to wake up. I got an alarm clock that turns on a light 30 minutes before I wake up, then plays a sound when I’m supposed to wake up. The light itself doesn’t wake me, but seeing light when I wake up helps.

2. ⁠second alarm clock in the bathroom. I have to physically get up and turn this off, and I’m highly motivated to turn it off quickly so I don’t wake my partner in their room, which is also near the bathroom. It’s parked on the bathroom sink, so while I’m standing there I brush my teeth and drink as much water as I can stomach. This makes it very uncomfortable to lay back down.

3. ⁠I set an automation on my phone to open a YouTube video of a gentle yoga routine as soon as I snooze the alarm the first time. I come back from the bathroom, snooze my phone alarm (yes, this is the third alarm so far) and do the yoga routine. This works because I’m allowed to do it sitting down if I want to. If something went wrong and I fell back asleep, my snoozed alarm will wake me up.

4. ⁠25 minutes later, my smartwatch alarm goes off. I’m usually finishing yoga by this point, and I move into my home’s sunniest room to read for 15 minutes. By this point I’m fully awake and able to make myself breakfast, get dressed, pack snacks for the day, and get out the door relatively on time.

I’ve been doing this for two weeks and it’s starting to feel easier rather than harder, which is a really good sign. I hope this helps someone out there.

I am student and sometimes gotta study late hours If I slept like from 10pm to 2am I feel lot more energised throughout the day than comparing to sleeping at 3am to 7am Having same sleep hours Can you guys recommend me best time slot for less hours of sleep so I don't feel sleepy during the day

I know this sounds childish but since I was a little kid I can only sleep with the lights on. Unless somebody is sleeping in the room with me it cannot be dark in the room. I had night terrors growing up and need the light on. However I am using a lamp that is so bright that it makes it hard to stay asleep. I never have a single night where I can stay asleep through the night.

hey guys , im a recently graduated medical student and in the process of emigrating to another country for my residency . I have a very busy schedule and dealing with immigration beaurocracy adds to it .

I really want to start my day being fresh and active , since workout will help me achieve this goal im willing to allocate 30 minutes every day starting from tomorrow

So i would like to know what are some basic exercises which i could do daily which could energize and open up my entire body ?

Things to consider are , i have a bad posture and would love to correct that if i can in the exercises . I have a couple of dumbbells at my home so i would like to put them to use too

Please share your insights on what are some workouts which you have done daily which improved/changed your life drastically and improved your energy levels throughout the day !

for like this entire week i’ve been going to sleep at 5-6 am after watching movies and working out the entire day—i then usually wake up at 1-3pm. how can i get started with fixing this fast? i’m typing this at 7:00 am now because i legitimately cannot fall asleep this morning—i’ve been tossing and turning in bed for the past 2 hours. this sucks and i don’t like it but i just can’t stop, any help? even just tips to fall asleep faster would help. thanks anyone who helps me