Quote Originally Posted by arby View Post
What I'm really trying to ask is if the alarm to come to consciousness could be detrimental. for reasons other then "that stupid alarm", is there any reason for it to make you depressed or less rejuvenated upon waking?
In truth, I have recently proposed to set a study on this very question and its relation to dream recall because I cannot find any publications on such.

However, I would hypothesize that your body still receives the same amount of rejuventation either way. Although waking up to an alarm is simply more irritating than waking up un-interrupted.

Furthermore, because you have an alarm, we can derive that you are also forcing yourself awake in order to do some task. Thus, the alarm can represent responsibilities that you may not want to endeavour and, thus, have a very bad day. (ie. waking up on the wrong side of the bed.. :p)

What do you think...?
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