What wakes you when asleep?
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23677)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
August 8, 2018 5:21pm CST
I can sleep through anything and have: a tornado in Memphis, an earthquake in Santa Monica: a few hurricanes in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
Only 2 things can keep me awake or wake me up and that is 1) light and/or 2) heat--even during winter I have to have the air conditioner on low but it is light that is my sleep enemy!
Since March 28th when they put new hurricane windows in my apartment, especially the bedroom, I would wake up at the crack of dawn light no matter what time I went to sleep. Finally last week they put up the blinds.
This week I taped up my old blackout drapes under the new wine colored blackout drapes I got!
The 2 pictures attached were taken after I got the double drapes up--the first is with a night light and the last, if you look you will see a red glow from the outlet, is completely dark at 3 PM in the afternoon!!
I can sleep again!!!
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11 responses
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
9 Aug 18
that's great! a simple solution. now you can sleep well, me, I am a light sleeper so a little movement will wake me up.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
10 Aug 18
@xander6464 take it easy then, maybe it is not the noise neither light but it is the worry that keeps you awake.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
My mother said I slept so much as a kid she was worried!!
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@xander6464 (40821)
• Wapello, Iowa
10 Aug 18
@GreatMartin , Many of us are still worried. About a lot of things.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
3 AM is my bedtime and in a dark room I go right to sleep!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
I don't go to sleep until 2-3 AM--stomach is fine then!
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@Letranknight2015 (51487)
• Philippines
10 Aug 18
I usually prefer total dark place before I sleep. I hate the heat as well, but if it's black out, there's nothing i could do buy sleep.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
11 Aug 18
Sleeping is one of my favorite things to do!! 
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 Nov 18
@ramapo17 I can't/won't fall asleep in movies, watching TV, in a car or airplane--I need a bed!! :O)
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
20 Nov 18
@GreatMartin Me to. I love a nice nap but can do it sitting up on the couch or lying down on the bed. I cam also sleep in the car when we take trips. I don't need to lie down but I do like a light blanket over me. I have always loved to sleep.
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@RasmaSandra (73139)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Aug 18
I need light to sleep. I have a lamp in the corner that gives a low kind of light and it is on all night. I like it when I wake up to see what is around me. As for what wakes me up if not naturally that is my cat Sid who comes into the room about 5 or 6 AM and meows at the top of his lungs. It either means pet me or feed me.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
Well obviously Sid has trained you correctly!!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
Sounds don't bother me--other people in my bedroom do--it is off limits!! (Maybe that's why I live alone )
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
20 Nov 18
I can sleep in either dark or light. If I want to sleep I can. I can also wake up by myself. My husband will ask me what time to set the alarm and I tell him I do not need it. Tell me when you want to get up and I will be ready.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
9 Aug 18
odd noises.something i hear all the time wouldn't wake me.
oh,and a cat puking.that'll wake me up faster than an alarm clock.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
An alarm clock doesn't work for me--luckily I have a built-in alarm that always gets me up when I NEED to get up!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
8 Aug 18
I don't have to wake up for that!
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
20 Nov 18
That is the only reason I get up at night and that is because I drink a lot of water everyday.
@xander6464 (40821)
• Wapello, Iowa
10 Aug 18
I like blackout curtains. I really miss WW2.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Aug 18
Lucky you for being a good sleeper.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Aug 18
As long as it is dark--it must be my pure conscious!!
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