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      Waking at Will

      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?
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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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...

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      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?

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      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.
      reality check. etc...
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      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!!!!

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      Roll your eyes upwards oO It works every time.

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      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!

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      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
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      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
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      I just tell myself to wake up at a certain time and that's what happens, I wake up at that time.
      There is no real-life, there is only AFK.

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      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?

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      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.
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      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...
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      You get 2 hour REM cycles?

      Teach me your ways, oh great one!

      Quote Originally Posted by Iamerik View Post
      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?
      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.
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      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!
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      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.
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