Accursed Alarm!

[dasein]

So, classes started again a couple weeks ago, and unfortunately, I have 3 days a week when I'm up much earlier than I would ideally like to be. Over the summer, I had been able to just wake up naturally without my alarm, but I find that my alarm is severely impacting my dream recall. I find that once I hear the noise, all these thoughts connected to the alarm ("What time is it? What do I have this morning? Am I late? Whats for breakfast?" etc.) flood my mind and push out the night's dreams. In short, the alarm brings me into the waking world much too quickly and recall has become difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions on combating the accursed early morning beeps and sudden shock of the Waking Life? Thanks for reading

[nitsuJ]

So, classes started again a couple weeks ago, and unfortunately, I have 3 days a week when I'm up much earlier than I would ideally like to be. Over the summer, I had been able to just wake up naturally without my alarm, but I find that my alarm is severely impacting my dream recall. I find that once I hear the noise, all these thoughts connected to the alarm ("What time is it? What do I have this morning? Am I late? Whats for breakfast?" etc.) flood my mind and push out the night's dreams. In short, the alarm brings me into the waking world much too quickly and recall has become difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions on combating the accursed early morning beeps and sudden shock of the Waking Life? Thanks for reading If you wake up before the alarm at all any time, you could write the dream(s) down then. Also, plan ahead for the next day and you'll be able to elminate the "What do I have this morning? Am I late? Whats for breakfast?" Also, by having the alarm set to a specific time you shouldn't have to worry about the "What time is it? Am I late?" thing. How long have you been recalling?

[apachama]

Go to bed earlier. It may help you with mornings.

[Scarhand]

Go to bed earlier. It may help you with mornings. Take this advice. It was always somewhat of a burden for me to wake up earlier than normal, but if you go to sleep earlier, it really helps. Especially if you're trying to increase your dream recall.

[Eos]

I hate that. I accidentally left my alarm on a few days ago, and it was screaming in my ears to wake up. The moment I did, I completely forgot all of my dreams. I didn't even have one image of a dream. It all was erased out of my mind .