I keep sleeping through my alarm!

Hey guys,

Every weekday, I set my alarm for 7am to get up for school.
Unfortunately, I wake up every morning at that time...but fall straight back to sleep :eek:

Not only is this inconvenient for school, but it is also inconvenient when it comes to WBTBs. Last night, I tried for the first time. I woke up, fell asleep again and wondered why it didn't work. Then I remembered I didn't stay awake :P

Does anyone know any better methods for getting up on the alarm? I'd prefer not to have any methods which includes making my alarm more...alarming, as I try to avoid waking up the rest of my family :?

Cheers,

Calum

Very simple. Put your alarm clock in the farthest corner of your room so you have to GET OUT OF THE BED! :D

I sleep through my alarm too but it's slightly different for me. Ever since I have been doing WBTB, I've actually taken longer and longer to wake up from my alarm so I have to make my alarm louder and louder and soon it's going to wake everybody up :P

You could try a really annoying alarm and the above post is a good suggestion, not that it stops me going back to sleep sometimes but yeah, it helps.

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Originally Posted by Luanne

Very simple. Put your alarm clock in the farthest corner of your room so you have to GET OUT OF THE BED! :D

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Thing is though, my alarm is my phone on vibrate which always wakes me up...it's just getting up is the problem. If I put my alarm in a corner of my room I most likely wouldn't hear it.

i ve got one, head phones into your phone/ds/possible alarm clock. glue the head phones to your ears than glue the jack to the phone/ds/possible alarm clock.

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Originally Posted by ldwithadhd

i ve got one, head phones into your phone/ds/possible alarm clock. glue the head phones to your ears than glue the jack to the phone/ds/possible alarm clock.

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lol :laughtillhurts:

Could you possibly set another alarm with something else? I know my phone sets more that one alarm when needed. Also, if you have a computer in your room you could use an alarm on that.

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Originally Posted by Luanne

Very simple. Put your alarm clock in the farthest corner of your room so you have to GET OUT OF THE BED! :D

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Yeah that's a very good technique, I always set up one alarm near my bed and one on my desk.

But this isn't failproof for me though, I have fallen back asleep at my desk twice! :lol: tired me...

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Originally Posted by Luanne

Very simple. Put your alarm clock in the farthest corner of your room so you have to GET OUT OF THE BED! :D

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You stole the words from my mouth! :)
I have my alarm just out of reach, so I have to get up but can turn it off quickly. Be sure to get a really high pitched annoying alarm too. I hate the sound of alarms... :P

I strap my DS to my head and set the alarm on it. :D

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Originally Posted by redisreddish

I strap my DS to my head and set the alarm on it. :D

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...please tell me you're having a laugh?

MAH! I HAVE THIS PROBLEM TOO! GAH!

What I did was tell myself over and over and over that I had "Better wake up to that fuckin' alarm or someone will pay."

Good luck.

:3

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Originally Posted by LucidDreamer09

...please tell me you're having a laugh?

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No, I've really done that.

Personally I have several different sets of alarms on my mobile phone:

Lucid. (something like 6am)
Wake up! (30 mins before I need to get up)
Get out you lazy ass! (When I need to get up)
*name* (1 minute after the above alarm, but the name is changed to whatever it needs to be for instance: WORK, UNIVERSITY or INTERVIEW).

Typically when I go to bed I put phone under my pillow so the Lucid alarm doesnt wake me up too much then it gets moved to bedside table after lucid alarm has gone off.

Now I tend to just wake up, look at phone and know what's happening right away :D

Edit: This is the only way I can get out of bed unless I need to use the toilet.