i used to have this problem until i created a full proof system. i set four separate alarms at 20 minute increments. the increments wake me up gradually over the course of an hour. by the fourth alarm i am awake enough to know i need to GET UP and not just hit snooze. i haven't overslept in over 2 years.
I do the same thing, but still slept through them all today. I haven't done that in forever, especially now with the bladder of a toy poodle. Woke up when I should've been leaving the house. It had snowed in the middle of the night, which means shit for traffic since no one here knows about precipitation. Thanks to the lack of people actually going to work, I got to work the same time I normally do.
It's still the worst feeling ever the first thing in the morning though.
I was using that app that analyzes your movement at night and wakes you up when you're in between sleep cycles. I'd set my deadline for 6:30 with a 30 minute window, so the alarm might go off at 6 instead, because I'm switching sleep cycles. It does work, because I would remember dreaming, and then my dream would be over and the alarm would go off immediately. Sometimes I'd wake up after a dream and check the time, and as soon as I'd roll over to look, the alarm would go off. But I just rationalize going back to sleep because I know I can technically sleep another 20 minutes, so it was pretty useless for me.
