16-09-2003 17:44									#1
	Am I the only person here who fears their alarm clock in a pavlonian way? Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

I have a "classic" alarm clock buzzer, i.e. BEEP BEEP BEPP. It is a fairly common sound.

Every time I hear it in the morning I get a mini-panic attack from being thrust from my sleep.

Every time I hear it somewhere ELSE while im awake(its a fairly common sound) I get a pang of fear in my heart, and my heartrate increases significantly.


Anyone else have this problem?




I think alarm clocks are so barbaric..... as some famous guy once said "Sleep is mankind's only naturally happy state"-when we have our global utopia 300 years from now people will look back on alarm clocks as savage, barbaric and useless as we do on torso-snapping girdles from the 1700's.

	16-09-2003 17:45									#2
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same here

	16-09-2003 17:46									#3
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Alarm clocks are not allowed near me.

	16-09-2003 17:47									#4
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I need them to get up in the early morning

	16-09-2003 17:49									#5
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I usually find I wake about 10 to 15 minutes before mine goes off anyway.

If you want to have irresponsible and unhealthy sleeping patterns, this is one of the results.

	16-09-2003 17:57									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion I need them to get up in the early morning

People that require me to get up early in the morning are not allowed near me either.

	16-09-2003 17:58									#7
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If you want to be a miserable bastard, this is also one of the results...

	16-09-2003 18:04									#8
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I tried to solve that problem by using a radio to wake me up. It doesnt beep but starts playing some music. And it is slowly increasing volume so I'm not supposed to freak out.

What actually happens is that, when the time comes, I hear a click from the radio being switched on. Its beginning to get creepy.... and has the same effect on me as a firealarm going off....

Trust me, there's no way to wake you up in the morning that you wont dread after a certain time.

	16-09-2003 18:04									#9
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	16-09-2003 18:17									#10
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You've heard his dog results, but you've never heard Pavlov's Cat results. If he published those, he would have been finished.

Pavlov's Cat Results:

Day 1, rang bell...cat ****ed off

Day 2, rang bell...cat went and answered door

Day 3, rang bell...cat said he'd eaten earlier

Day 4, went to ring bell on day 4 but cat had stolen batteries

Final day, day 5...went to ring bell with new batteries but cat put his paw on bell so it only made a *thunk* noise. Then cat rang his own bell.

I ate food.

	16-09-2003 18:18									#11
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	16-09-2003 18:22									#12
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Well I appreciated it, but then again I know where it came from. It's much funnier when you hear it in your head rather than reading it off the screen.

	16-09-2003 20:20									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Every time I hear it in the morning I get a mini-panic attack from being thrust from my sleep.

Same here... or actually worse... Whenever I hear the beep beep beep I'm totally confused, and have no idea what's causing the noise... sure, I know it's my alarm, but which one... I usually have two alarms set to (One 15 minutes before the second one), and whenever I hear the first alarm, I always tries to make the other alarm shut up... which of course doesn't have any effect and I keep trying for 30 seconds before I finally wake up knowing which of my clocks actually made that infernal noise

	16-09-2003 20:30									#14
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I hate that noise, so I no longer use an alarm clock. I can wake up +-10 minutes of when I am supposed to almost all of the time, plus we can be flexible about our work hours, within reason.

	16-09-2003 20:58									#15
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One or at most two beeps from my watch is all that I need to wake up.

	16-09-2003 21:00									#16
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quote: Anyone else have this problem?

Me too, hate that sound. I still react to it even though I no longer have such an alarm clock...

	16-09-2003 21:01									#17
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quote: I have a "classic" alarm clock buzzer, i.e. BEEP BEEP BEPP. It is a fairly common sound.

Can't be that common - I haven't heard mine bepp yet.

	16-09-2003 21:05									#18
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Sums up the British work ethic.

	16-09-2003 21:28									#19
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I just hate waking up early in general, alarm or no. In fact it's way too early now and I'm in a bad mood, but Mon - Thur I gotta get up before noon and I hate it.

	16-09-2003 22:21									#20
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I can usually wake up at the right time normally, but just in case I set my alarm for 20-30 mins after I want to get up so I won't be too late. Although I usually forget to turn it off when I wake up, and it keeps ringing.

	16-09-2003 22:23									#21
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I set my alarm for 1 hour before I'm suppose to wake up and then keep hitting the snooze.. I generally wake up before it comes on, but I get a chance to wake up slowly by doing this...

Yet, I don't fear the Bepping.

	16-09-2003 22:25									#22
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Usually by the third beep, I've already sprung from the bed, ran across the room and slammed off the alarm. The roundtrip, including getting back into bed and falling back asleep is about 4 seconds

	16-09-2003 22:54									#23
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Earlier my girlfriend always used her cellphone as an alarm clock. It's of a common sort around here (Ericsson, don't ask me what version, I hate cell phones!). Also, so used the default ringing sound. I hated it. Do you have any idea how many that uses the default sound for a Ericsson in Sweden? Figure out the rest yourselfes.

	17-09-2003 01:48									#24
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quote: set my alarm for 1 hour before I'm suppose to wake up and then keep hitting the snooze

Which do you think would leave you more refreshed during the day, 8 hours good sleep or 7 hours good sleep and an hour of dozing?

	17-09-2003 01:56									#25
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I hate telephone rings so I set my cell phone to do the classic telephone rining when I need to wake up.

I have this urge to pick up the phone when phone rings.

	17-09-2003 01:56									#26
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I set my alarm to an hour before I need to leave, and usually end up hitting the snooze for the next 40 minutes.

	17-09-2003 01:57									#27
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If lying alone in bed is such an enjoyable experience for you, why not go to it a couple of hours earlier!

	17-09-2003 01:57									#28
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Best way to drive me nuts is to hide the phones and have them ringing.

No, I didnt work as a telemarketer, tech support or anything like that. I really have no idea why I dont like the sound of phone ringing.

	17-09-2003 01:58									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Park Avenue If lying alone in bed is such an enjoyable experience for you, why not go to it a couple of hours earlier!

lying in bed for hours after you woke up VS lyining in bed hours before you sleep is a totally different experience/feeling.

	17-09-2003 02:00									#30
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Lying in bed after you wake up just makes you feel more tired and groggier.