Why can't I get up early and sometimes don't hear my alarm?

[Anonymous]

I'm a complete nightowl and I start College and have classes at 7:30 and have no idea how I'm going to get up cause it's hard for me to hear my alarm. I sleep deep and am up all night doing my homework. Would there be somethign wrong with me? It's the loudest alarm clock I've ever heard and it don't work I just sleep through. Need advice soon because I can't be late all the time should I go to the doctor or is this just something I need to change on my own cause my mind is wide awake all night long

[BassistForever]

You have to stop being such a night owl and get to bed earlier. Don't drink caffine. Find something to tire yourself out mentally and physcially. Turn your electronic devices off. Set multiple alarms so you can wake up as early as your body hears the alarm. You need to change your sleeping habits.

I know if I go to bed at like 4:00am and then have to get up at 7:30 I sleep right through the alarm clock too. Deprive yourself of sleep enough nights in a row and sleep will always win out over listening to noises around you.

[Asker]

I have but I crash and go to sleep like it pulls me down with no energy around 7pm and then I take a power nap for an hour then up all night

[BassistForever]

You can't take that nap. That nap is ruining everything. Do whatever you have to to avoid going to bed until like 9:00 or later. Aka, don't lay down, don't drink sleepytime tea, etc.

[Acleverusername]

I'm in the military and when I sleep in the field of a twing snaps I'm awake lol but when I'm home I can set like 5 alarms and still sleep through them. I think if you try sleeping on the floor or somewhere diffrent you will wake up during your alarms. Hope it helps

[Asker]

wow really... I will indeed try that... now here's the next question... when i get up at 6:30am, and I end up crashing and taking a pwer nap around 7 or 8 pm that evening, I've tried avoiding that but I can't it's like my body pulls me down, does that indicate I have a problem?

[Acleverusername]

I mean you can mention it to your doctor but he's just going to tell you that you have a fucked up sleep schedule and you should do your school work during the day and not at night. What you are describing to me sounds like the typical college experience xD

[Asker]

right, is it normal to to take power naps for an hour in the evening like feel like your heart just can't stay up anymore even if you tried lol

[Acleverusername]

Well you could have a minor form of narcolepsy but for that you'd have to be examined by a doctor

[Asker]

well let me ask you this real quick, how do you get up at 6:30am and be up to go to school all day and then when you got kids that don't go to bed till 10 and then you need an hour time for studying that's 18 hours almost how am I supposed to function like that?

[Acleverusername]

Such is life. Responsibilities will always get in the way of things you just gotta push on

[Asker]

well I'm not complaining but I don't know of anyone who is up for 18 hours and only rests 5 or 6 and that 5 or 6 hours of sleep when you need to stufy on top of it, !

[Acleverusername]

Well I can't go that far in the military I often live with 1-4 hours of sleep a day and that will go on for a week or two then I usually get some time off. Everyone's body works differently an some people have a harder time coping with no sleep

[THE_Godfather]

I had to buy a few bigger alarm clock & set them. They ring for about 2 minutes. The trick is to have them away from the bed so you have to get up to shut them off.

[Asker]

right well i tend to sleep through it but I usually take these power naps for an hour and that gives me a boost for like 6 hours straight

[THE_Godfather]

I know what you're saying BUT your body needs 8 hrs of sleep. I think your body may be telling you that it needs more sleep. Try 2 of those alarms & put 1 in one place in your room & the second in another.
Try telling yourself that it's X o'clock. I need to get up at X time. That's X number of hours we can sleep.
That works well for me BUT I was hypnotized many years ago & the person set an internal clock in me or made me aware of an internal clock.
Try it & see what happens.

[Keyspirits]

Not enough sleep. I suggest u to sleep earlier so that u get more rest and can wake up early