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Does anyone know how to train yourself to awake at specific times, without an alarm?
Since I sleep with earplugs, it is almost impossible to hear my alarm and respond to it. Irate family members usually beat me to the punch. However, I need to have some method of waking to pull off a WBTB.
Any ideas?
Say to your self before you go to bed, I will wake up at (Input time).
MEAN IT and know you will, and you will.
Yep, that seems to work pretty well for me. I just set the intent to wake up at a specific time. Well, really you do anyway, you're just training yourself to remember.
If you find yourself not being able to wake up at certain times, try using a cell phone or alarm that vibrates to wake you up. I used that to train myself to wake up at certain times.
What works good is the water thing. You get thirsty before going to bed and then you get a glass of water or juice (cold!) and put it next to your bed. You take a little sip and put it back there again. Just a little one!
This always helped me waking up from thirst after about 4 hours.
The power of suggestion combined with your internal clock can be very useful indeed I find. Going to bed with the express intent for a real purpose can work, though this isn't as reliable as an alarm clock I find.
well if you relize that you have been in a dream for a while.... try to focus on breathing deeply... it should fuzz out and you should come awake... or you could get on a sleep schedual and say if you go to be say 11pm... you want to aim on waking up at 8am...
ive managed to wake myself up if ive forgot to set the alarm becouse im going to school.. just that my "auto wake" seems to always be 10-20 minutes to late... wierd?
the "auto-wake" always seems to work for me, also I find that the use of a phoney hand signal helps make my mind realise that I'm serious.
Actually yes, I know if it's something I HAVE to do or something that I'm really looking forward to doing something, I can just pop up @ a certain time, this is a good thread b/c I never really thought about how amazing that really is considering I can oversleep and be late for work!!!!
Roll your eyes upwards oO It works every time.
I remember when I was young, I always said to my parents the exact time I would woke up in the morning. And I always did... those time's were very wierd like 06:05 or whatever, but I just thought it was the way how you wake up. (...and it is, kill the alarms - you can be the alarm)
The moral of the story is that, it's not just possible - say you can do it, and you will do it! :)
Well for me waking up at a certain time comes with repetition, but the repetition for me is from school and on the weekends i don't wake up immediately at 7 but i will wake up generally around that time...and then fall right back to sleep:lol:
i set my clock for 7:00 am but i always end up waking up at 6:30 all you have to do is think hard about it
I just tell myself to wake up at a certain time and that's what happens, I wake up at that time. :)
I had a similar question. Let's say you slept, you wake up but you fall back asleep. You're dreaming again. You realize that if you keep on sleeping you'll be late for school/work/whatever so you have to wake up. Would it be possible to wake yourself up?
If you honestly believe you will wake up at a certain time, you can get yourself to wake up. Just think really hard that you want to wake up at a certain time.
I actually did this last night because I wanted to wake up at 7 AM. I woke up a 7:03.
Learn your sleep pattern. :)
I sleep in "moduls" 2 hour REM, 3 Hour Non-REM ..
2+3+2 or 3+2 or 2+3+2+2, etcetera...
:shock: You get 2 hour REM cycles?
Teach me your ways, oh great one!
Well, to realize that you must wake up would necessitate lucidity. I mean, you can't acknowledge a need to "wake up" without also realizing that you're asleep. Therefore, if the desire (or need) became great enough, I think your body would respond accordingly. People talk about losing lucidity when they become too emotional, or managing to keep it if they concentrate. I see no reason why the opposite would not hold true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iamerik
I can do it, I don't know how exactly. I've been doing this seince i was little. Just tell your subconscious mind to wake you at the specified time. It always works for me!
Ill set my alarm clock for a certain time, but I always wake up a few minutes before it goes off. I guess this is an effect of intention.