why do I wake up at the exact same time?

Every single day I will look at the clock at exactly 4:20. Sometimes both AM and PM. I will wake up, look over and it will be 4:20 AM.

My pot head friends say its a sign I need to smoke weed.

 

I do that all the time. My alarm is set for 5:55. Many times I will wake up and look at the clock and it is 5:54.

 

Happens to me too.

Regardless, on the weekends I almost always wake up within 15-30 minutes of the time my alarm goes off Mon-Fri. The crappy thing is, sometimes I can go back to sleep, sometimes not.

 

Closest we have to an answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm

 

When my alarm goes off I usually just curse at it and stumble around for ten minutes until my vision actually starts working correctly. I definitely can't read the time at 5AM.

 

I wake up in a 30 min frame everyday, but I know the reason.

The sun shines through my window right onto my bed and the heat/light wakes me up.

 

Know what you mean....When going to bed it always seems to be 11.11pm???

 

heheh

http://www.1111spiritguardians.com/

 

Dang Noel, you sleep in!

 

OK, hint: you have a Pineal gland.

 

What we need is a catchy name for this so that we can market a drug to prevent it. "Premature arousal syndrome"

 

Reading that led me to delayed sleep phase syndrome..Sounds just like me.

 

The internal clock becomes more precise with time while everything else suffers, I have this issue aswell lol!

 

I cannot remember the last time I did not wake up just a few minutes before my alarm was set to go off. Doesnt matter what time I set my alarm for. It's like there's another alarm in my head set for 3 minutes before whatever I set my phone for. Weird.

 

Common thing from most folks over 35 that I know (I'm 49). I ALWAYS wake up
a few minutes before the alarm pretty much no matter what time it's set for - I travel
a lot and get up really early for flights - always before the alarm. I think it's
just "responsibility conditioning" - my business would suffer greatly if I missed those
flights - so I just NEVER miss the alarm.

Who knows.... brains are weird.

Jedi

 

Best reply so far!

 

What happens the day the time changes? You wake up at 6.13 am?

 

I think this too. I mostly get up at 6 a.m.. On the 1 day a week I have to get up at 5 a.m. I wake up right before. Maybe to avoid the shock of a hard rock tune from my station of choice? I'm a morning person in general & don't mind driving to work at sunrise. Refreshing.

 

Sorry, that is incorrect.

THIS is the correct answer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug

 

Could be this as well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal_emission
;-)

 

I prefer the Medieval Folklore alibi.

"It was a succubus, I swear!"

 

Incubus is more likely.

 

Whatever floats your boat, dude.

 

I used to have a dog that would jump on my bed and lick my face at exactly the same time every morning. I was absolutely amazed by the fact that it was within 1-2 minutes of the same time every day.