When You Wake Up 10 Minutes Before Your Alarm / myLot

United States

December 5, 2018 5:37am CST

That's what happened to me this morning. I woke up, looked at the clock, and thought, "Oh, Good Grief!" Determined to go back to sleep, I closed my eyes and...couldn't. "Rats!" I succumbed to the inevitable. I got up and started my day. On the bright side, I have time to check my notifications and write this post before I leave for work because the dogs need 2nd Potties before I leave and it's still to early for that. How often do you wake up a few minutes before your alarm?

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@allknowing (137590)

• India

5 Dec 18

My biological clock is my alarm. Even if I get up at odd hours I get good sleep going back.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

5 Dec 18

If I happen to wake up in the wee hours of the morning, I can usually get back to sleep, but when I wake up so close to the alarm, I think the sense of anticipation keeps me from being able to doze off again.

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@allknowing (137590)

• India

5 Dec 18

@DWDavis Morning hours are the best. I am an early riser and the first thing I do after a cuppa is to be here (lol)

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@allknowing (137590)

• India

5 Dec 18

@MALUSE

What time do you start your day? Once I know that I can comment further.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Dec 18

Now we're retired we don't have an alarm. When we do need one, I lay awake half the night trying to pre-empt it.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

I get that way when we have to get up early for some special event. I keep waking up all night to check the time and make sure we don't oversleep.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341786)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Dec 18

@DWDavis Exactly.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

5 Dec 18

I am retired so I should wake up at any time. But no. My biological clock is very accurate. And now Luna starts making noises just in case I forget she is there. As if I could

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marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

6 Dec 18

@DWDavis My dog lives outside. But Luna still wants some attention from me.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

Our dogs are one reason I rarely get to sleep much past 6 a.m. most days even when I don't have to get up for work.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

5 Dec 18

I don´t put an alarm on usually I can wake up at the right time if I want to most times.

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Sue21

@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)

• Pamplona, Spain

6 Dec 18

@DWDavis Habits are a bit tough to break sometimes and I know because I had a baby that kept me up many a night and sometimes for nearly 24 hours a day. With him I did not need any alarms or anything.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

If I tried to do without my alarm clock, I would sleep right through most of the morning, or at least until the dogs woke me up at Pee O'Clock (around 6 a.m.)

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

5 Dec 18

I don't even need an alarm because I always awake earlier than necessary.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

I rarely wake up before the alarm. My doctor tells me that needing an alarm is a sign of not getting enough sleep.

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@responsiveme (22926)

• India

5 Dec 18

I don't use an alarm

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Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

5 Dec 18

Rarely it happens with me then I may get worry whether my alarm is not worked or I missed it. Then on checking time I understand I am early than the 'set-up' time.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

5 Dec 18

Sometimes when it happens I feel a moment of panic that I forgot to set the alarm or it failed to go off for some reason and I am running behind and will be late for work. Thankfully, this has not happened to me, yet.

snowy

@snowy22315 (181997)

• United States

5 Dec 18

No alarm here, even when I have to get up for something..I don't usually need an alarm. I have a good internal body clock.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

My internal clock hasn't worked well in years.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (107932)

• Marion, Ohio

5 Dec 18

Whats an alarm? I love not usually needing one.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

Over the summer I get used to sleeping as late as I want most days and have to readjust when school starts back up. This year, it's just taking me longer to adjust.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41692)

• United States

5 Dec 18

I either wake a few minutes before or I don't hear it at all! But I get ill at myself if I wake up an hour too early and like you, I can't go back to sleep.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

It is a frustrating feeling when you know you don't have to be up yet but can't fall back asleep.

Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (121659)

• Gainesville, Florida

7 Dec 18

Every single morning, I wake up a minute or two before my alarm goes off. I don't know how my body seems to know, but it does. It even continued to happen after the time changed, when you would think that my body would have been thrown off by an hour. But nope, still woke up a couple of minutes before the alarm went off.

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (16692)

• United States

5 Dec 18

I suppose everyday since I don't set the alarm....but when I did use one I would almost always wake up 10-15 minutes before it went off. My internal clock has always been that way.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

I've never been much of an early riser even when I was in the Army. I had to get up early then, but I never liked it much.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19588)

• London, England

5 Dec 18

Just about every morning I beat the alarm clock, but I refuse to get up!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

I can be stubborn that way, too, sometimes. Even though I'm wide awake, I'll refuse to get out of bed.

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Mugure Karen Wanjiru

@Karenmm (881)

• Nairobi, Kenya

5 Dec 18

Alot of time then when I can't go back to sleep I just take my novel and read

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Dec 18

I will read on my tablet so as not to wake the missus with the light.

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

6 Dec 18

my cats usually do that for me. they want breakfast NOW.

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

6 Dec 18

I always wake up before the alarm. In fact, last night I set the clock to 5:30, but I woke up before 5:00 . Well, i thought it is fine because I exercised.