I woke up at 5:40 am and couldn’t get back to sleep, which is extremely unusual for me. And then I discovered that I had forgotten to set my alarm clock and my subconscious was keeping me awake so that I wouldn’t miss my doctor’s appointment at 9 am.
Subconscious Rules
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Heh, in highschool I used to wake up 30 seconds before my alarm would ring.
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That’s a great sign of psychological health.
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I think it was mostly a sign of waking up at 7 AM every schoolday.
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Check out this story about teenage boys who are raped by peers as part of hazing rituals. And then get turned on mercilessly when they speak out against their attackers:
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_23505995/sodomy-hazing-leaves-13-year-old-victim-outcast
There’s a sickness in this athletic culture.
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My subconscious does this, too.
I usually need a huge amount of sleep (10-12 hours), but on a day when I have to do something at a certain time I will often wake up sometime before I’ve set my alarm to go off, even if I haven’t gotten 10 hours of sleep.
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I just found out that antihistamines are why I sometimes get a poor night’s sleep. They must have added some anti-drowsy element to counteract the soporific effects.
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Are you allergic? I hear Australian flora makes many people allergic because of how rich it is.
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I have always been severely allergic. But Australian winds do carry a lot of pollen.
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