So I notoriously sleep through all my alarms. My amygdala must be broken
Same. Sometimes I can hear the alarm in my dream and be like “damn what’s this sound? it’s really annoying” and still not wake up. If I was a caveman, I’d probably be dead by now
Cavemen generally didn’t have alarm clocks
Yeah, but they had predators that could attack at night. Could potentially be more effective than an alarm clock, but could be infinitely less effective as well.
This is why my alarm is a radio set to NPR. You still feel like you’re gonna die, but at least there’s someone telling you why.
It is so much better on my nervous system to use a smart watch that vibrates when it’s my alarm time instead of an alarm making a sudden, loud noise. You can also use the kind that Deaf people use that go under your pillow and vibrate. Major quality of life difference for me, starting every day with an adrenaline surge sucks.
There’s a lot of alarm sound choices on iOS that aim to be a bit more gradual rather than something like a fire alarm. Mine sounds a bit like some distant music that gradually gets closer.
I gotta go nuclear submarine alarm or I won’t wake up. That adrenaline rush you get has to be healthy for ya
