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if. you. have. to.share.a.room. with. someone. don't. set. TEN. SEPARATE. ALARMS. AND. NOT. WAKE. UP. TO. A SINGLE. ONE. MAKES. NO. SENSE.
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Anonymous 6w

try the vibrating alarm it’s 10x more effective and it’s quieter than ur normal alarms try it out for the sake of your roommate.

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Anonymous 6w

i love it when two roommates have an anonymous convo abt online

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Anonymous 6w

I have terrible insomnia like it sometimes takes me close to four or five hours just to fall asleep so you can imagine how terrible it was for my freshman year roommate to have alarms that started going off at 5 am until 9 am and even after she finally woke up she usually just skipped her class

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Anonymous 6w

I’m a really heavy sleeper and ten or more alarms is the only way I’m able to wake up. I’ve slept through earthquakes and house fires. Setting it to vibrate isn’t going to do shit

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Anonymous 6w

SOME. OF. US. HAVE. SLEEP. DISORDERS. AND. CANNOT. HELP. IT. AND. ARE. FORCED. TO. HAVE. ROOMMATES. AGAINST. OUR. WILL. IM. SORRY.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

figure. it. out. take. sleeping. medication. your. a. grown. ass. adult.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Sleeping. Medication. Doesn’t. Make. Me. Magically. Hear. While. I’m. Asleep. I. Sleep. Fine. It’s. Waking. Up. That’s. The. Problem. I. Am. Being. An. Adult. By. Knowing. I. Will. Sleep. Through. Alarms. And. Setting. Multiple. So. I. Wake. Up. On. My. Own. In. Time. For. School. And. Work.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

jk yall probably don’t know each other but that would be hilarious

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Still hella inconsiderate for people trying to sleep who wake up to any alarm😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

Don’t disagree with that. But respectfully, if my options are uncontrollably sleep until 3pm in the afternoon and miss every class, or be annoying for 30 minutes in the morning……….I’m choosing the latter. Trust me if living alone was an option we would take it. I also at least disclose it on the housing application and when I first meet my roommate

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

i typically needed quite a few alarms to wake up but my roommate is very sensitive to any sound and she can’t go back to sleep if she wakes up so i used to have a million vibrating alarms so maybe try a soundless alarm that vibrates so that you feel it?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

I sleep right through them, or turn them off in my sleep without ever knowing. Plus the vibration would have to be strong to the point it makes a noise itself. I have to have sound and the light ones if I stand a chance of becoming fully conscious :/

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 6w

I mean this as a genuine question and am trying to understand where you are coming from. Why does having multiple do anything that having one wouldn't? Clearly something is causing you to wake up, so why not have one really loud one at a far enough distance that you can't turn it off in bed? Once again, I myself have never had this issue so I am just trying to better understand it

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 6w

For me it’s bc 1- it will more than likely wake up everyone else well before me and they’ll get up to turn it off themselves 2- I frequently sleep through alarms until they turn themselves off (I did that this morning actually, 7:30 alarm, didn’t wake up until 9:13 and the alarm was silent) 3- I have been known to get up and turn off alarms in my sleep and go back to bed without ever remembering

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 6w

So a system that actually completely disrupts the sleep pattern to get me completely out of sleep is vital. For me that looks like one big loud alarm from my HomePod to get me “awake” enough to hear my phone alarms (move from REM sleep phase or any phase to light sleep), which currently takes about 3 for me to hear and wake up completely. So about 30 minutes total. This obv doesn’t go for the people who set 20 alarms so they can enjoy the going back to sleep part, which is rude and bad for you

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