I go to sleep the same time every night and my alarm is set for the same time every day. My body is so used to this routine that vast majority of the time I wake up right before my alarm goes off. Regardless of how I feel I always get up. The longer I do this the easier it is for me.
The times where I actually need an alarm is when I am doing something out of the ordinary, like staying up late.
If you have issues waking up on time then maybe it has something to do with your routine. My body seems to work a lot better when I am in a routine. If you’re always goes to sleep at different times each night then that will break any routine.
Trying out android. I forgot the instructions but it’s something to do with trygalaxy.com, shortcutting it and opening it. It gives you an android interface with home screen and apps. It’s really damn trippy and pretty cool.
I get a specific feeling in my head when I’m about to start a panic or anxiety attack. It’s at that moment where I can usually just like… Take a breath, relax, and try to avoid the issue calling it or I succumb and deal with it. I get the warning feeling in my brain though.
In other physical things, I can slow down or accelerate my heartbeat on demand and I’ve shown my SO when we were messing with a heart rate monitor. I can also make my heartbeat skip on demand but stopped that after I scared the shit out of an ex when I showed them. Also the doctor told me don’t do that anymore after I told her it was a thing.
Jay is more than likely a person, because I don’t think the kids are trying to bring back the old slang “jay” which was a somewhat derogatory term meaning “rube” given the context here.
I’m not as strict as some people here but I rarely blanket allow notifications and I aggressively manage the settings. Like I allow some apps to show temporary banners if I’m using the phone but don’t allow badges or access to the Notification Center or Lock Screen (or my watch). And I’ll occasionally allow an app like DoorDash that has in-app notification settings where you can turn off non-essential ones.
Basically, I treat my Notification Center as a place for time-sensitive, actionable alerts. If an app can’t stick to that, I’ll either kill notifications for it or dive into the settings.
I also use Focuses (foci?) to limit things to just essentials (like messaging, phone, etc.) further if I’m working or at dinner or something. Like my “At Work” focus lets through work emails and essential Teams chats.
I feel all sorts of things seemingly in my brain but I am 99% sure they’re not the brain itself.
Headaches often feel like they are in my frontal lobe, but I’ve also gotten other kinds that feel like they are located in the back of the brain.
When I smoke weed, my brain feels like it is relaxing and sagging, leaning against the back of my forehead as it chills. My friend often referred to this as “Frankenstein Head” and I’ve always felt that was pretty apt.
If I stand up too fast (being a tall motherfucker), my brain feels like someone poured pop-rocks into my skull for a moment. I also see multicolored dots and swirls in my vision.
When I get brain freeze, well… That’s pretty self explanatory.
If someone was to tickle my back, stomach or nibble my ears, I get an electric tingle throughout my entire nervous system, including in the brain. It feels like being static shocked all over, but in a good way? A “pleasurable electrocution” is the only way to describe it.
I allow notifications on everything but games unless they have ruined it for themselves otherwise or have a valid reason to exist such as a war game that is alerting you you are being attacked.
My friend uses three separate alarms because the smartphones let you do this. For her they are not just wake up alarms but also the key points of the morning- first one: you have 10 minutes to get out of bed. Second one: make the cuppa and get to the shower. Third one: now the work related messages and calls may start.
most devices have the turn off right next to snooze anyway, but yea I can see where that might be counterproductive if they are sleeping through it. They do make puzzle alarms as well for that that require you to do something in order to turn it off, that might be a better solution
yeah, i’ve got one where it puts some colored circles in a grid and tells you to tap all the green ones or whatever. i tried the answer-a-math-problem ones, but i’m really dumb before coffee.
I had a run of several good years where I was able to get out of bed after a few alarms.
Prior to that, and recently, it's been "automatic behavior" that is damnably difficult to control.
Context, significant sleep disorder here - but setting that aside, you're not alone.
Stuff I tried and discarded, but that might work for you
$friend please call me until I am awake enough to have a conversation
Boss, please ping me a ton of times in the AM (requires understanding and/or them to know what's going on)
Alarms all over the damn house .
Alarms locked inside of analog safes and other related silliness.
What worked ultimately, was a comb of meds and an amazing partner who helped support me through the various diagnoses, and etc. that came with it.
Sometimes, I still bump it be an hour, but I know that I did it. From where I sit, the idea of having no recollection of the 7:00 that you reset, but waking up for the 7:10, well that sounds likely to degrade going forward - and probably at the worst moment possible.
Last week was positively brutal to me, for a bunch of reasons. As the week wore on, my loving and persistent partner is the only reason I made it to the office. Two things net saved my tail - meds made a real difference once we sorted doses and such, but I would absolutely NOT be a productive professional today if not for my wife.
Some days, she just nudges when she hears the alarm go off. Some days, she has to hit me with a brick to get my attention. Neither is ideal, of course, but a supportive and loving person who is right there and knows how hard to shove you; and what to do when shoving that hard isn't enough. is life changing.
I know what works for me, open to a chat, might give you some ideas.
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