Seriously, I sleep through alarms and people calling my name even in the same room.
See a doctor and ask for a sleep study. You might have sleep apnea, or some other condition.
Sleep until you wake up. See how many hours you need. Then adjust your schedule until you are getting enough sleep. And pay attention to the number of hours - for me 7 can be more refreshing than 8! You may need 9, you want to be waking up at the right point in your sleep cycle, not while you are so very asleep.
I sleep pretty heavy, but when it’s time to get up I can. Do not go back to sleep, get up when you wake up. But really, try sleeping until you wake up.
Putting your lights on a timer may work better than an alarm, more gentle so you have time to come to awakeness more naturally.
I got two hours last night and five the night before. I have maybe slept eight hours once in the last year, and it was after a being up for 36 hrs.
Did 5 hours feel good? Everyone is different. I like 7 hours and cannot nap, it has to be all at once. If you keep waking up at night and feel tired in the day ask your doctor, there may be some cause, not just lifestyle.
Five hours is great 95% of the time. I can nap, I usually get about one hour nap a week.
Maybe lay off the carnival powder for a bit eh.
I know what you’re saying but actually not even once in my life. I did have a cup of coffee early yesterday morning and I rarely have caffeine but I had a big day at work and was going in on little sleep.
A watch that vibrates might help.
Agreed. I keep my alarm on silent because the vibrations from my smartwatch do a much better job at waking me up than the sound from my phone or an alarm clock does. The sleep tracking features could also help provide some insights as to why OP is having issues to begin with.
You would hate me.
I started sleeping in the weekends as much as I wanted and improved my life a lot. Idk why but saturday for example I sleep until 2pm, wake up, have a meal, sleep again form 4 to 6pm, wake up, do something, midnight I go to sleep again until sunday about noon. It’s too much BUT I do start the week so much more alert! It improved my work life and my energy. Do I know why? No. Do I think It’s too much sleep? Yes But it works
You’re lucky! I can’t even sleep through my own damn thoughts
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What helps me is that I try to disengage 10 hours before I need to wake up. Usually takes a couple hours before I’m ready to sleep. So I’ll just lay in bed listening to music or scrolling through Lemmy.
I find YouTube playing on my phone with the screen off helps me. Just search for “to fall asleep to” and throw on any several hours long video you like from the results.
(You can install YouTube ReVanced to enable the option to use YT with the screen off without having to pay for Premium.)
Here’s a free online course about best practices for getting quality rest. Geared toward aviation but has practical content. https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/CourseLanding.aspx?cID=174
And if you’re already doing the basics, go get checked out.
Have you tried getting a louder alarm clock?
Like plug your phone to a powerful speaker system that reaches 100dB. That should wake everyone.
Doesn’t have to be expensive or HiFi, just loud.
May not be an option if you have neighbours tho.
Also, I’ve noticed that I can sleep through music and vaccum cleaner just fine, but I find certain sounds like TV speaking stressful, so maybe try finding an “annoying” sound.
Less weed? If not that, you’re probably staying up too late at night. Go to bed earlier than you have been. Get off the screens at least an hour before you want to to go sleep.
Always fall asleep and get up at the same time every single day—even on your days off—and eventually your body will start waking up on time on its own without fail. Takes a couple of months of consistency, but once you’re in the habit, you practically won’t need an alarm clock anymore.
Of course this only works if you have a job where your hours are consistent. If that’s not the case, I feel for you.
Also consider a smartwatch (or even just a normal watch with a vibration motor). I find that the vibrations of the watch wake me up better than sound does for some reason. Try it for yourself and see if it help. Also, the sleep tracking features of a smartwatch could help provide some insight as to why you’re having an issue to begin with (along with a sleep study, as previously mentioned).
Always fall asleep and get up at the same time every single day—even on your days off—and eventually your body will start waking up on time on its own without fail.
As soon as this happened I felt old.
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Lots of great reccomendations here, highly reccomend looking into a sleep study or rework schedule like other folks are reccomending. Aside from that keeping a regimented schedule is always helpful, especially with reducing screen and bright light use near periods of rest.
Besides physiological stuff, reducing stress helps, learning what helps you personally sleep and wake up better and integrating that into you habits can help tons. I’ve found being able to even spend a short few minutes to properly reflect on the day can help change my mindset makes a difference.
I forgot to mention one thing… I take sleeping pills.
Don’t take sleeping pills is the simple answer.
You need to check in with your doctor. A prescription drug did the exact same to me a few years ago.
i second this, my first ADHD medicine made me sleep through anything
Switch to cannabis. Any strain high in in mycrene will knock you out cold without causing issues with waking up. MFused’s Super Fog is a good product line for something discreet with a full spectrum high. Or Micro Bar if you want want to sleep well and remain stealthy but prefer your weed to taste like candy.
Alternatively, you could go all out, invest in a dab rig and start buying wax/shatter/crumble/batter. Or if stinking up the neighborhood isn’t a concern, you could just buy buds and roll up some joints the good old fashioned way.
I suppose your available options all depend on where you live, but cannabis for sleep is something to seriously consider. The only downside is that it reduces REM sleep, but given that you’re already having sleep issues, not remembering most dreams and feeling slightly tired in the morning might be a reasonable tradeoff for you.
Go to a doctor, get a sleep study done.
All these anecdotal stories in the thread and this is the correct answer.
What if they’re in the US and can’t afford health care? I’ve been to the doctor once in the last 25 yrs.
If you can’t afford health care then apply for medicaid. Hopefully you live in a blue state.
What if they have a rat for a foot?
I can’t help them, but the answer is sleep study
15 years ago, I was falling asleep everywhere, even when stopped at traffic lights. Had a sleep study done and have been on CPAP since. That first night on it was the best night sleep of my adult life
Yeah same, now i have the issue of a deviated septum so only one of my nostrels can be breathed through 99% of thr time so cpap makes it hard to breath. 😓
no go to the water park and get a waterslide study done
