Thread: Newbie With A Working Theory

The REM cycle is called a REM "cycle" for a reason. It is (believe it or not) a cycle. The alarm clock would not take you from deep sleep into REM sleep (you would simply just wake up straight away), unless of course it was just about to go into REM anyway. It was a nice idea, but I seriously doubt it could ever work.

Originally Posted by badassbob

The REM cycle is called a REM "cycle" for a reason. It is (believe it or not) a cycle. The alarm clock would not take you from deep sleep into REM sleep (you would simply just wake up straight away), unless of course it was just about to go into REM anyway. It was a nice idea, but I seriously doubt it could ever work.
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Then how do you explain the short dream sequences and false awakenings directly before I wake up?

Originally Posted by badassbob

The REM cycle is called a REM "cycle" for a reason. It is (believe it or not) a cycle. The alarm clock would not take you from deep sleep into REM sleep (you would simply just wake up straight away), unless of course it was just about to go into REM anyway. It was a nice idea, but I seriously doubt it could ever work.
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badassbob is right. I have had this thing where the alarm goes off during non-REM sleep, and then I wake up after a short dream, but the reason is that the alarm just won't wake me up during non-REM, and it was going for a good 20 minutes before I naturally entered REM and woke up. It is just a phenomenon of you not waking up until you enter REM most likely.