Quote Originally Posted by MsFish View Post
Thank you so much for your welcome, paragon
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My way of waking up is simple - decide I am going to wake up; imagine myself on my bed and start moving my real body - then, of course, always do a reality check to make sure I'm actually awake and I'm not going to find a monster on my toilet or something!

Other people have other techniques. Steven Laberge suggests not moving your eyes in order to disrupt your REM and cause yourself to wake up.