Thread: Alarm Clock

Well now, it's 4:00 AM in the east coast and the EBS noise just woke me up on the radio. But after shaking off the initial surprise, I found out I had spectacular recall, even remembering a FA (I was actually waking up at 3:00 to record my dreams on my computer)!! Does anyone else get better recall if sudden external stimuli such as an alarm clock wakes you up instead of waking up slowly? I didn't remember much at first, but it came to me spectacularly, later! Or is this just because I woke up in the middle of a sleep cycle?

Originally Posted by mini0991

Well now, it's 4:00 AM in the east coast and the EBS noise just woke me up on the radio. But after shaking off the initial surprise, I found out I had spectacular recall, even remembering a FA (I was actually waking up at 3:00 to record my dreams on my computer)!! Does anyone else get better recall if sudden external stimuli such as an alarm clock wakes you up instead of waking up slowly? I didn't remember much at first, but it came to me spectacularly, later! Or is this just because I woke up in the middle of a sleep cycle?[/b]

It is probably that you woke up in the middle of a dream that made it easier to remember the dream. Waking up in the middle of a dream almost always makes it easier for me to remember a dream. Otherwise I sometimes have to lay there for 2 or 3 minutes without moving until the dream comes to me.