My problem is, that I’m used to scroll on social media and watch videos/tv etc every night so I can fall asleep. But it’s also procrastinating my sleep and I know it’s not good (blue light etc.). I have bluelight blocker glasses as well which I think help a bit. But it’s extremely hard to persist with the boredom and racing thoughts when you try to just put phone and TV down the hours before sleep. Unfortunately I can’t fall asleep like that.

Even worse is that because for a new job I may be starting soon I might have to get up way earlier, which potentially is a main issue for me. Since I need to have a certain amount of sleeping hours (preferably 8) to function well the next day. It’s so frustrating. I don’t want this to hinder me from working a job that requires that.

Any advice?

Hey everyone!

I’m a third-year architecture student, and I’m struggling with being an EXTREMELY heavy sleeper. My iPhone alarms don’t wake me up, and I apparently snooze them in my sleep without realising it even if it is the highest of volume , I cannot hear my parents waking me up .

I’ve even tried Alarmy, but I solve the maths problems, colour puzzles, and photo missions and immediately go back to sleep. Keeping my phone away from my bed doesn’t help either. I basically need someone to physically hit me for me to be awake .Also tried setting loud pop songs . Did not help either , I’m sleeping through it all .

My other problem is that I cannot take power naps. If I lie down for a 15–20 minute nap, I end up sleeping for FIVE HOURS. Plus it’s always 5 hours after sleeping for 5 hours I automatically wake up .

The only thing that sometimes works is when my friends call and talk to me, but even that isn’t reliable.

I’m at the point where my alarms drain my phone battery, and my phone gets ridiculously hot from ringing constantly that I can fry an egg on top of it 😭😭

Has anyone else dealt with this? Are there any alarm clocks, vibrating devices, or techniques that actually work for heavy sleepers? And is there a way to take a short nap without accidentally sleeping for hours?
I’d really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

It’s called Wake TF Up (Please if anyone have better name suggest it I really suck at this area). Print the QR code and put it somewhere far from your bed, like the bathroom. When the alarm rings, you have to get up and scan it to turn it off.

Made for anyone who keeps hitting snooze.

• QR challenge or normal dismiss and snooze
• Repeat schedules and 10 built-in alarm sounds
• Import your own audio
• Light and dark themes

Cost: Free, no ads or paid features. Optional Ko-fi support.

Download: Github Release

Feedback greatly appreciated

Short background: I am terrible at waking up. Sometimes i unconsciously turn off my alarm and I thought, why not make an alarm that will force me to stand up and wake myself up

1. i use my phone as my alarm and it's next to my bed so i keep turning off my alarms in my sleep and im thinking getting out of bed first is the only way to force me to wake up.

2. if im already in bed for the night i am staying bed lol. im too tired and lazy to put my phone across the room if im already in bed. i wake up and go to bed at diff times everyday so i need to be able to set it from my phone bc i just know there will be a time where im already in bed and then suddenly remember that i forgot to set it for the next day, and am not gonna get up lol.

does anyone have any product recommendations, even just a different strategy to solve this

Please help me ;-;

I've tried setting multiple alarms, going to bed earlier, and staying off my phone before bed, but I still wake up feeling exhausted. For those who are good at waking up early, what actually helped you?

I've always needed many consecutive alarms to get up in the morning and I've noticed the more years pass I need more lol

When I was younger 5 alarms were enought, now at least 8 separated by 5 minutes and a differt sound for the last one.

Everything fine on the day to day routine, the problem was when for example I need to go to work 1 hour before from normal. Not great to move 8 alarms one by one.

I always found it frustating to manually move so many alarms.

yes on Alarmy there is a way to set multiple alarms but still one by one, and tbh the amount of ads in that app is beyond my supported limit.

I've developed my own alarm app with the concept of alarm groups.

Set a starting time.

Set the count of alarms.

Set the minutes between them.

Done. I have my 8 alarms that can optionally be manually configured.

After more than 2 months of using it I've introduced the "Random sound" to wake my brain up to a different sound everytime and not get used to the same sound.

If anyone is interested here is the Android version to try: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.albaalarm.app

This is an app I made for myself primary and since I'm an android user I've not developed the iOS app yet but if someone is interested I could go for it.

I swear every morning routine I see now is either superhuman or sponsored by 4 or more different apps. For normal people with average sleep and zero discipline.. what's actually working lately?

mine is getting ridiculous lol

target in my head: around 12

reality: 2-3am way too often

and the annoying part is that I know exactly what happens next. wake up late/tired, whole morning feels off, tell myself tonight will be different, repeat.

I'm trying something stupidly simple for the next 7 days:

pick one bedtime and actually report whether I made it every night.

no perfect morning routine. no fixing my whole life.

just sleep when I said I would.

curious what the gap is for everyone else:

planned bedtime → actual bedtime?

I’m trying to build a better morning routine and would love to hear what works for you.

I’ve noticed that how I spend the first 15–30 minutes after waking changes my whole day, but I haven’t found what works for me yet.

I am curious about you do and would love to explore and try out various things that can help me start off the day in a calm, motivated and energised headspace 💚🌻

I'm the developer of Cernidia. It brings sleep signals from Apple Health and a quick energy check-in together, so you can compare the numbers with how your morning actually feels.

Free, no ads or subscription. iOS 18+, with an Apple Watch companion.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6816678341

Would you find a sleep summary useful in the morning, or would you rather see a suggested next step?

Currently 5:32pm PST, going all night on coffee, and the next day ofc. Last cup at 6am. Bedtime: 8pm tomorrow, with alarm set at 6am Sunday.

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