[jwalton]

In my late teens I would frequently be late for university because I’d turn off my alarm or my gf would come wake me up and I’d go straight back to sleep. One day I decided to move my alarm clock to the other side of the room so I’d have to physically get up to turn it off. The next morning I got up, walked over to the alarm clock and turned it off, then I was startled awake as I started to fall over standing in front of the alarm clock.

I’d like to be able to blame this on some kind of medical problem, but I think mostly I just stayed up late playing Counterstrike too much. :P

[TeMPOraL]

In the apartment I live in, I don't have a distance large enough I could put my alarm clock that I wouldn't be able to cross to turn off the alarm, then cross it again to get back to bed, and not even remember it later. Adding a lock or some puzzles to solve only results in me either solving them and not remembering, or continuing to sleep while the alarm wakes up half the apartment building. Fun fact: turns out I'm really good at mentally adding and multiplying 2 and 3-digit numbers while unconscious.

[gavmor]

I've had some luck with an alarm clock that must be flipped over to be silenced. Every night, I set a cup of water on top of it, and every morning after I've silenced it, I'm left holding a cup of water—with which I can't return to bed!

I'll then drink the water, because it's easy, and if that's not enough to get me on track, at least I'll have to pee sooner.

[sangnoir]

> Fun fact: turns out I'm really good at mentally adding and multiplying 2 and 3-digit numbers while unconscious.

You'll be fully conscious - you just don't retain the memory. Its like driving on a route you've driven thousands of times or tying your shoe laces - both activities require conscious effort at the time, but no (detailed) memory is retained about the effort afterwards.

[rrr_oh_man]

It works: https://clocky.com/

[foobarian]

After my last move I ended up in a bedroom with excruciating amounts of windows letting in so much daylight you'd probably get a sunburn if you didn't get up. I "fixed the glitch" but I was thinking that it would make a great alarm to set up a lot of overhead lighting (such great LED fixtures these days) and ramp them up slowly to full power over say a half hour. And leave no way to shut off :-)

[Zooti]

Have you looked into shock watches? I use Pavlok, and while the technology is NOT there, it does wake me up. They have a long way to go, and honestly I'd recommend a different brand, but it does help those of us who can do puzzles in our sleep.

Shock clock also has puzzles you can use, or I have a QR code In my kitchen that I need to scan to stop being zapped.

[bee_rider]

Harness this power for good, put “P =? NP” on your alarm clock.

[gknoy]

Have you considered trying an alarm clock that will run away from you? [0] I've never used it but I also have a tendency to sleep through _the most annoying alarms_ so I would consider it if I couldn't put my alarm out of easy reach.

0: https://clocky.com/

edit: rrr_oh_man beat me to it, that's what I get for re-watching their video :D

[freilanzer]

I wish I had the problem of sleeping too deep. I don't even set an alarm because I wake up at 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 even if I want to sleep until 8:30. And yes, I go to bed at 11.

[noman-land]

Hang the alarm clock from the ceiling :).

[jcul]

I remember stuff like this when I was in university.

I remember getting apps that made you solve maths problems before the alarm would go off.

Crazy to think.

Now I've got kids and it's the opposite, even if I'm away from them I'll wake early. And I never have deep sleep like that, I think I've been trained to come to attention quickly from night time wake ups.

[j_bum]

> I’d like to be able to blame this on some kind of medical problem, but I think mostly I just stayed up late playing Counterstrike too much.

I love this quote! I wish I could blame my poor sleep hygiene on anything but myself lol

[entangledqubit]

I had a similar experience and was left wondering whether I could add progressively larger units of work to the alarm clock task to get things done while still "asleep". :)

[brewdad]

Add whatever challenges you are currently working on at work or your side-hustle to your alarm. Soon, you will see your productivity skyrocket all while getting a few more minutes of much needed "sleep".

[Izkata]

I also had the turn-off-the-alarm problem, what seems to have solved it for me is building "snooze" into my schedule. My alarm is always set 10-15 minutes before I actually needed to get up, with a 5-minute snooze, and ever since I haven't had issues getting up at the intended time.

Best guess is it helps with waking up slowly over 15 minutes instead of being jolted awake when the alarm first goes off.

[jsharpe]

Those are rookie numbers. I have often set my alarm for 40+ minutes before I "need" to be awake because I know that I will snooze the alarm several times before being conscious enough to force myself out of bed.

[lotsofpulp]

I have picked up my toddler who fell off the bed twice in the same night and woke up and had no memory of it, until I was reminded by my wife.

[jtbayly]

I have had kids thump loudly onto the floor falling out of bed in another room with the doors closed. Loud enough that it woke me up. But they didn’t wake up. I check on them, and they are sound asleep on the floor.

[boogieknite]

Same way i solved it as an adult who needs to wake himself up for work.

Similar experiences where i wake up on the floor bc i must have rolled out of bed over to my phone in my sleep.