How do I wake up early, if I have a tendency to turn off the alarm and go back to sleep?
457794
there's an alarm clock out there that simulates the sunrise, so you're not in such a dead sleep by the time the alarm goes off.  it's made a world of difference for me.
916886
Ideally if you could take a nap would be the best.\nget off at 6pm, I would stay awake till like 12 or 1 am then get up at 7 or 8 then try an take a 2 hr or so nap at 3. \nLearn to take naps, get up earlier and then take a 1 to 2 hr nap before you have to go in to work.
1086160
oh well i'm lazy so never mind, i guess 10 am is a last call to start doing something with your day if you want to be a go getter. but i like to sleep till 11. it's also fun to go to the store in your pajamas.
755365
I think that its better to go to sleep at 10:00pm and wake up at 5:00am. But try to get at least 6-8 hours to be recharge and ready the next day.
284271
Just keep waking up at the same time!! \n\nBut if this is a crazy question, you'll have to talk a friend into calling you, this would be your alarm clock. \n\nBut if you sleep heavy and don't wake up to phones your in trouble!!
480545
Start by getting up at the same time every day, weekends too.  Condition your body and mind by sticking to a routine.  Make sure you're getting the proper amount of rest.  If you still have trouble hearing the alarm, you can buy clocks that will vibrate your bed/pillow along with the normal alarm sounds.  That might be what it takes.\n\nIf you still can't wake up, maybe it's because you hate whatever it is that you're going to be doing that day.  If you had guaranteed sex with a beautiful woman waiting for you the moment you woke up, I suspect that your problem would vanish...
356529
well I don't know what to tell you but I feel your pain, if I don't set an alarm I can sleep all day and the only way I wake up is if I have to use the bathroom, hey that gives me an idea, before you go to bed drink a ltr of water!  \nI could ask a doc about this though, probably can help you more then a bunch of morons on the net lol
1072004
I don't sleep through them because someone turns them off and I presume it's me... I rarely do that but I did it this morning. I have an addiction to the 'snooze' button but as I use my mobile phone it's tough to tell which is 'snooze' and which is 'off'. Especially when your bed is so comfy and the outside world is so uninviting...
1052684
Use your computer for an alarm clock. Try one of the free online websites and it will play an MP3 for you in the morning. Or use Task Scheduler on a PC to play a music file. Turn the speakers up really loud and it will scare you and make you jump up and go across the room to turn it off.
731323
It really is just a disipline and habit thing.\n\nAll of us could be poor morning people if we let it slip.\n\nIts probably a question of need. You've not been in trouble for being late so getting away with it subconsiously vindicates your decision to stay in bed.\n\nTry putting the alarm clock somewhere where you have to get out of bed to turn it off, make it an annoying buzzer rather than the radio.\n\nBecasue you are anxious about it, you probably see it as a real chore and resent getting up on time. This makes it harder for you. Can you plan to do something in the morning that you look  forward to ? If you like the news, get up and watch it, or go and buy a paper, get outside for 5 minutes, even if its just standing by the back door while yo uhave your coffee.\n\nIf you are fine throughout the rest of the day, then getting up and seeing the daylight you are wasting will help you get up earlier on other days.\n\nCreate an enjoyable need to get up.\n\nIts easy for me, we've got a farm full of alarm clocks that need feeding !\n\nTiredness, hangover or illness just don't come into it for me, its because i have a need to get up regardless of how i feel. So i don't resent it, I have to be happy doing work at 5AM every morning for the animals sake, you should try to create that need.
800263
Wake up because once you get your metabolism going it will work through-out the day. Make sure you eat breakfast.
944185
Try this:\nThe idea is to tone down mind and body activities hours before sleep so you will get to sleep easier...\nSome useful steps:\n1. Drink less coffee, tea or any other drinks that contain caffeine, especially after later part of afternoon.\n2. Try going to bed at the same time every night.\n3. Avoid alcoholic drinks after evening time as alcoholic drinks may cause early morning wakefulness and may wake you up after your sleep.\n4. Ensure your sleeping environment is suitable for sleeping (not too noisy, not too bright, not too cold, bed not uncomfortable)\n5. Avoid heavy meals hours prior to sleep.\n6. Stop all mind-stimulating activities 1 hour before going to bed (activities like reading research papers, reading mystery solving books, doing your school work, solving a complicated Maths question, watching your computer, watching TV, etc)\n7. Half an hour before bed, take a warm bath. Then drink a cup of WARM milk.\n8. As you lie on bed, take a deep breath and as you breath out, slowly, imagine you have abandoned your body. Imagine that your body slowly 'sinks' into your bed and become 'blended' into the bed. As you are imagining, take another deep breath and count 1. * As you breath out, slowly, now imagine your body is like water ripples spreading out, slowly. Take deep breath again and count 2 and repeat the process (from the place i marked with a *). Start counting from 1 again when you reach 9 or any number you prefer...\nHope this help. Email me if you have queries.
280280
OMG! I'm so all over that! lmfao.. But if you aren't into waking up, how do you manage all of those other hobbies?
818866
start setting ur self up for goin to sleep around 1 am and set an alarm at 8am or 9am then u might get into a regular schedual. then u get up be up for a while, then take a nap in the afternoon, not saying it won't be easy, but sometimes u just have to do it!
171490
I hear you!!!!  I have had the same problem.  I put the alarm clock far enough away from my bed that I have to get up to go shut it off, but I either do that, and immediately fall back into bed and sleep, or else I have even slept through the alarm completely.  My main problem is getting my day--night cycle completely out of whack.  I get used to staying up most of the night and then really getting into sound sleep about the time the sun is coming up.  When your biological clock gets that far out of whack, it isn't easy to reverse.  If you got somebody there to physically get you up and yack at you and help get some strong coffee down you and not let up until you are off to work or wide awake, and furthermore, they keep this up for a week or so, eventually you will start to get the hang of it.  Melatonin has been recommended but it didn't do diddly for me.  You want to avoid sleeping during the day or evening at all costs.  Sleeping in the day or evening will prevent you getting to sleep when you go to bed.  Taking a short acting sleeping pill like ambien for a while, at the time you go to bed, may help you to sleep then, if your biological clock is screwed up.  However, these medications can be very addictive.  If you take it, only take it for a week or so.  Having a coffee pot preset to make a pot of strong coffee before waking time will help.  If you got strong coffee and a snack to wake up to, and then a plan for work or whatever, to get you out of the house early, will help. You may find that you need more sleep and need to go to bed earlier, but right now, it won't work to go to bed before you know you can sleep and stay asleep until morning.  Yeah, a louder alarm clock wouldn't hurt.  I guess you could make a time bomb.  If you live in the country, you could put a time bomb a few yards from your bedroom window.  tee hee  Just make sure it isn't close enough to blow down the wall, and that your dog is removed from the area.  I like that idea.
680401
Hey,..i've noticed this too. And uncannily, if i set the alarm for 6:30,...i'll get up exactly a minute before that time and i put it off. And anyway,... theres a pattern to this. The thing is that this usually happens when i'm really eager to get my butt off my bed early for watever reason.
158023
Starting a lucid dream is difficult. First, the best time to attempt it is between 4am-6am (generally when REM sleep is at it's peak. This varies from person to person). So you can try two things: Set a timer or alarm clock to activate a noise at around that time. an alarm will wake you up, something more subtle like a white noise machine or one of those ocean wave/babbling creek deals. OR wake up at 3am, have breakfast (no coffee), then go back to bed 4am-9am or so. \n\nThe goal behind both options is to activate some concious activity during REM sleep, but not enough to wake you up.