Every time I’ve ever had a big test, a presentation, a job interview, the first day on a job, a meeting, a doctors appointment, a big trip the next day, and literally everything else you can think of, I have stayed up all night. At first it’s an issue of anxiety, but by 3 AM it turns into “well if I fall asleep now I can’t trust myself to get up in the morning so I might as well stay up all night.”
That part about being afraid youll oversleep is also anxiety.
Anxiety prevents sleep, general advice is to have a routine that calms you down.
My thing is just somehow convincing myself theres nothing to be anxious about. It really helps though if you can handle whatever might happen as a result.
Last time I couldn’t sleep like that it was because I had sentencing in the morning and I didnt think I could handle prison. Luckily I didnt have to go.
My problem is that when I don’t get enough sleep I just sleep through my alarm. It’s definitely anxiety but this one is based in reality, unfortunately. I’ve made that mistake a few times…
Thats fair, there might be a better solution though if thats a reliable enough problem. At least you’d feel more secure you wouldnt oversleep.
For me routine seems to do it, I wake up the same time anyways, but if I miss too much sleep I have overslept before out of exhaustion.
But if that didnt work, theres got to be a loud enough alarm thats hard enough to disable to guarantee I wake up. At least wake up long enough to realize how exhausted you are and maybe call off work or something.
My sister had an ultra loud alarm when she was a kid but she slept through that too. I think you can get an alarm that vibrates or use your phone with a puzzle lock or something.
Sleep is important, its a worthwhile thing to do well.
Here’s my trick. I tell myself that lying here not-sleeping is second best to sleeping. That calms me down.
Currently dealing with this over the span of multiple days. I’m dying send help.
Here’s a pro tip: sleep a lot the day before, and ideally the day before that too. On the important night don’t exhaust yourself with gaming or whatever, but don’t force it. You’ll end up sleeping maybe 4h, but if you slept well the previous two days, you’ll be fine.
Sleep deprivation only really shows over prolonged periods of time. You can ace a lot of tests with the above method.
Walk around like you’re the king, it’s just another day, and nothing can go wrong (nothing that really matters) and you’ll sleep like a baby.
Its good advice, but a razor thin line to walk. Takes a lot of practice IMO to do it right.
