{"id":3257,"date":"2020-06-27T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:50:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:50:57","slug":"story-alarm-clock-with-a-snooze-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/27\/3257\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarm Clock with a Snooze Button"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The story \u201cAlarm Clock with a Snooze Button\u201d represents a basic intervention for handing over control of sleep from the conscious to the unconscious, and for suggesting that it is safe to do so because the unconscious knows that it can easily handle the task. The alarm clock story can be used for patients who find it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep, for patients who repeatedly oversleep and for patients who are worried about waking up too early from an anaesthetic or not waking up at all. It can also be used for all sleep disorders which can be prevented by waking up in time, such as bedwetting, sleep apnoea and snoring, as well as for nightmares. The story embodies the basic suggestion that control is retained even during sleep, and can therefore be used to make it clear to patients with a compulsive and controlling personality that they can stay relaxed while remaining fully in control.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy body has an internal alarm clock,\u201d one friend said\nto another. \u201cBefore going to sleep, I tell myself; \u2018Tomorrow morning I\u2019ll wake\nup at ten past six.\u2019 And then the next morning I\u2019ll wake up at exactly ten past\nsix. Yet recently I woke up at ten past six and did not get straight out of\nbed. I went back to sleep again and overslept.\u201d \u201cThat could never happen to me,\u201d\nanswered his friend. \u201cMy internal alarm clock has a snooze button. Before going\nto sleep, I tell myself; \u2018Tomorrow morning I\u2019ll wake up at ten past six, and\nthen I\u2019ll wake up every five minutes after that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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