Thread: sensing my alarm clock....

i've noticed that while i'm sleeping, i can usually sense that my alarm clock is gonna go off before it really happens. i can't say how long before, because who knows the time difference in dream and the real world...5 minutes sleeping could be 3 hours in real life. when my alarm clock finally goes off, i say to myself (with a sigh) in my dream "there goes the alarm clock...i better wake up."

well, u know me already, but no clue on what this is. i can't even remember my dreams recently, so im not sure if i do it... prob. not...

Welcome to DV, mrs banana!

Many people are like that, with the alarm clock thing. I hate it.

SomeGuy, that picture is ridiculously cute.

Awww....thanx!!!! I know thats why i picked it...hehe...

do u use that gas mask for smoking weed? its a new trend. (i dont smoke lol)

if u hate life, thats your own fault, and i dont care, lucid dreaming helps

Basically, SomeGuy doesn't know what's going on and is making an extremely poor attempt at confusing O`nus. Then every one else that got confused, is confused, and talking excessively about nothing. Like I am now.

On the contrary... When I used to detassle that happened to me every day. After about a week or two or waking up at 4am, I would wake up about 2 minutes before my alarm clock would go off. Every day too, I had a blanket over my window for going to bed at 5pm. It's just your internal clock. You were raised with time.

Here's a question for all ya'll. What is time?

A series of 3D images without the images?

Originally Posted by Tweek

Basically, SomeGuy doesn't know what's going on and is making an extremely poor attempt at confusing O`nus. Then every one else that got confused, is confused, and talking excessively about nothing. Like I am now.

On the contrary... When I used to detassle that happened to me every day. After about a week or two or waking up at 4am, I would wake up about 2 minutes before my alarm clock would go off. Every day too, I had a blanket over my window for going to bed at 5pm. It's just your internal clock. You were raised with time.

Here's a question for all ya'll. What is time?

lol. Now you're going to open a can of worms
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oh wow. THANX GUYS. BTW, i found out today that she doesn't wake up. She just senses when it will happen, then wakes up when it does. Srry for confusing you... i was on a psp and it was slow so it took a while...

Yeah, I've woken up minutes before my alarm a couple of times. It tends to happen more often if I go to sleep at a consistent time and if I have the curtains for my window drawn open.

Originally Posted by mrs. banana

i've noticed that while i'm sleeping, i can usually sense that my alarm clock is gonna go off before it really happens. i can't say how long before, because who knows the time difference in dream and the real world...5 minutes sleeping could be 3 hours in real life. when my alarm clock finally goes off, i say to myself (with a sigh) in my dream "there goes the alarm clock...i better wake up."

Yup, this is your beautiful biological clock at work - your circadian rhythym in sync with your suprachiasmatic nucleus.

The truth is, you are probably actually sensing the light levels. Do you usually get up at the same time? Have a window nearby?

Otherwise, you either have very strong sleep control or have an unconscious strict sense of how long you have been dreaming which would be very impressive.
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Methinks it all boils down to classical conditioning, if the alarm is set at the same time. For instance, I get up moments before my 3:00 alarm. =0

@Onus: Eh, perhaps not light levels (because it is winter, and only super lucky people get to sleep in until sunrise. >=C ).

Originally Posted by Abra

Methinks it all boils down to classical conditioning, if the alarm is set at the same time. For instance, I get up moments before my 3:00 alarm. =0

@Onus: Eh, perhaps not light levels (because it is winter, and only super lucky people get to sleep in until sunrise. >=C ).

There is a noticeable difference between about an hour before sunrise and midnight. Noticeable enough that you subconscious is easily capable on picking up on it.

Just a thought though... if days were getting longer (sunrise occurring earlier) would you normally get up naturally before your alarm because the sun gets out of sync with your internal clock? The opposite would be true if you were heading into winter and your alarm would be waking you more then you wake naturally.

Therefore, would this explain why everyone seems to feel crap in the morning when heading into winter?

I have not had my alarm wake me in years, though I do sleep with an alarm clock. I always wake up between five and fifteen minutes before it goes off, no matter what time I go to sleep.

When I leave it off on weekends, I can sleep past it - but not much. My subconscious seems to keep track of when it's on and doesn't like waking to it.

Originally Posted by pj

I have not had my alarm wake me in years, though I do sleep with an alarm clock. I always wake up between five and fifteen minutes before it goes off, no matter what time I go to sleep.

If it is not set, I usually wake up 5 to 10 minutes after my alarm clock goes off, wanna trade ?


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Originally Posted by dreamflyer

do u use that gas mask for smoking weed? its a new trend. (i dont smoke lol)

if u hate life, thats your own fault, and i dont care, lucid dreaming helps

Where the hell did that come from ?

Originally Posted by arby

There is a noticeable difference between about an hour before sunrise and midnight. Noticeable enough that you subconscious is easily capable on picking up on it.

Just a thought though... if days were getting longer (sunrise occurring earlier) would you normally get up naturally before your alarm because the sun gets out of sync with your internal clock? The opposite would be true if you were heading into winter and your alarm would be waking you more then you wake naturally.

Therefore, would this explain why everyone seems to feel crap in the morning when heading into winter?

You actually hit Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) bang-on the head. Good job.

pj; that takes some strong sleep control. I admire you for reaching that capability and share it with you on moderate levels. The problem with me is I have a very sporadic schedule so it becomes difficult to even remember the day of the week sometimes...
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Originally Posted by O'nus

You actually hit Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) bang-on the head. Good job.
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oooo... seems like I have at least a mild version of that after looking it up. I knew people would have already researched it already though... =P

I didn't see anything in the articles about waking naturally vs. being woken however. Do you know if it makes any difference whether you wake naturally or are waken by an outside source? I just tried google but it was most unhelpful... XD