i can wake up whenever i like

MasterMike · 14 Oct 2006 at 13:17

Yeah, most people can do this.

agw_01 · 14 Oct 2006 at 13:18

Noble-Kebab said:
its because your brain has its own natural clock so it wakes you up so your not late.

Mine must need new batteries or something, because it certainly doesn't do this.

Jumpingmedic · 14 Oct 2006 at 13:48

When i was a kid my mum told me to beat my head against the pillow the number of times that corresponded to the hour i wanted to wake up at. e.g. 8 times if i wanted to wake up at 08:00.

It seemed to work actually. But now that I'm older I'm reasonably sure that it is impossible to be aware of the passage of time while asleep. Just my opinion of course. I'm not aware of firm scientific evidence either way.. although I'd like to see some.

.:MBK:. · 14 Oct 2006 at 13:59

body clocks are great, providing they are set right, mine seems to wake me up for 1pm, not good during in the week lol

ChoÞÞer · 14 Oct 2006 at 14:03

.:MBK:. said:
body clocks are great, providing they are set right, mine seems to wake me up for 1pm, not good during in the week lol

mines 2pm... even it i went to bed on a friday at 8pm to try and wake up for about 6am.. i will still wake up about 2...

"andy" · 14 Oct 2006 at 14:06

[Darkend]Viper said:
I wake up without fail at 6.15am every morning even weekends. Can go on a night out and i'll still wake up at that time. It sucks when I stay at a friends house as I still wake up then, and have to wait for everyone else to get up or i'm very bored!!!

exact thing happens to me, they think im a weirdo for being awake so early

AS_Platinum · 14 Oct 2006 at 14:30

there was a discussion about this on the "Jeremy Vine" show on radio 2 some weeks ago, something to do with what time-zone your body is stuck in, some people get it really bad.

VeNT · 14 Oct 2006 at 14:58

sam83uk said:
if i need to be up at a certain time ill set my alarm clock but i always wake up naturally about 20mins before the alarm goes off.. its been like this for a few years now but i never not set my alarm just incase.. I do this even if im shattered and ill only get 4 hours sleep

odd or what

I do that too, but I normaly just set my alarm for 15 mins later, somtimes I don't even recall doing it!

Moogman · 14 Oct 2006 at 15:10

Try setting the alarm to go off at different times through the week if you can wake up 20 mins before it goes off each day at different times then you are gifted.

Nursie · 14 Oct 2006 at 16:22

I too can wake up whenever i like, its called unemployment

Ry@n · 14 Oct 2006 at 16:26

I usually wake up at 2pm, then find myself sleepwalking for a drink and chocolate

blighter · 14 Oct 2006 at 19:26

i just find it extremely difficult to get up anytime, even if i go to sleep at 7 (tried this 4 nights in a row 2 weeks ago)
i normally sleep in 1-2 days a week and i really dont know why. any ideas as to why and how i can find it easier to wake up? (i tried the whoe drink 5 glasses of water but i wake up about 2am lol)

Leeum · 14 Oct 2006 at 19:35

I'm glad it works for you guys! My alarm has been set to go off at 7:30 AM for the last year and it never wakes me

Borden · 14 Oct 2006 at 19:44

[Darkend]Viper said:
I wake up without fail at 6.15am every morning even weekends. Can go on a night out and i'll still wake up at that time. It sucks when I stay at a friends house as I still wake up then, and have to wait for everyone else to get up or i'm very bored!!!

Same here! I normally just find something to do without waking them as i hate just lying in bed.

I once woke up at the exact same time three days in a row

electric ant · 14 Oct 2006 at 19:48

I wake up without fail everytime the boss taps me on the shoulder!

pinkacidbootson · 14 Oct 2006 at 19:58

Sometimes my alarm goes off but it fails to wake me up properly, so i turn it off then go back to bed without realising whats going on. Then when i do wake up (late) i usually have no memory of it happening, but i can work out what happened due to the fact that my alarm(s) have been turned off even though i set them.
It can happen even if i set multiple alarms and put them on the other side of my room :mad:

anyone got advice?

teaboy5 · 14 Oct 2006 at 20:01

I do this too, is it not something to do with what your thinking about before you go to sleep. For example if your thinking you must get up at so and so time, yu normaly do.

Jambo · 14 Oct 2006 at 20:14

Moogman said:
Try setting the alarm to go off at different times through the week if you can wake up 20 mins before it goes off each day at different times then you are gifted.

It's actually quite easy to train your subconscious mind to do this.

banja · 14 Oct 2006 at 20:22

Johanson said:
Sometimes my alarm goes off but it fails to wake me up properly, so i turn it off then go back to bed without realising whats going on. Then when i do wake up (late) i usually have no memory of it happening, but i can work out what happened due to the fact that my alarm(s) have been turned off even though i set them.
It can happen even if i set multiple alarms and put them on the other side of my room anyone got advice?

Yes, set a 100 watt stereo to go off at full volume, down stairs (on one of those timer plugs) about a minute or two after your normal alarm goes off. You'll remember and be forced to run down stairs to turn it off before it rudely wakes the entire neighbourhood.

If you subconsciously turn your alarm off and roll over, you'll have a nasty shock (and ****** off neighbours) two minutes later. You'll soon learn.

vincent1989 · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:42

Gilly said:
I usually wake up a few minutes before my alarm goes off. No biggie.

i usually wake up about 40 minutes to 1 hour after the alarm clock has flown 10 feet across the room and hit the wall with a saticfying(sp) *ding*