RealTalkAJ

Today I’m going to be answering the question, “Why do I get angry when someone wakes me up”

I’ve been through it before ( and sometimes still do).

I’m in the middle of a good ass dream, and then suddenly I have someone waking me up for the littlest of things.

“AJ, can you take out the trash?”

“AJ, wake up, the movie’s just starting to get good.”

The list goes on.

It was more of an issue for me at the beginning, but I’ve been getting better with it.

And now I wanna help you get everything figured out.

Why do I get angry when someone wakes me up

often caused by waking during a deep sleep cycle (sleep inertia)

Getting Woken Up During a Deep Sleep

Getting woken up during a deep sleep is one of the most frustrating things that you could go through.

When that happens to me, one of the 1st things that goes through my mind is, “What could possibly be so important to the point where I need to be interrupted?”

It’s gotta be an emergency or something!

Because that was completely rude and not called for.

I can only think of a few times where getting woken up is absolutely necessary.

Maybe there’s an appointment that has to be made and I’m going to oversleep (Or miss it) if I keep on Sleeping the way I am right now.

But when I’m woken up out of a deep sleep, I’m probably the most Confrontational. I mean I’m just the most unlikable person.

Especially during the 1st, (we could say about) 30 minutes of getting woken up.

Because there’s a good chance I’m not on the same wave pattern as whoever it was that ended up doing it.

Whether it was intentional or not.

Although you do get more grace if there was a good reason why you had to wake me up.

Because then at that point you were looking out for me.

But one of the most recent would be an event.
I got woken up because of a very odd situation, dealing with caretaking that involves me where I’m involved.

But I’ll get calls about springing into action to take care of the person that I look after. Although it’s at random times.

So it’s not really consistent with when I have to get checkups about making sure that I’m doing what’s expected of me, but I get through it.

However, my sleep schedule is the most out of whack it’s ever been, considering that I’ve been as busy as ever.

So I’ll have late nights and early mornings and an early morning for me is actually not the same as the average person.

A late morning for me is still an early one for others. But since I’m not doing the same things as everyone else that I share the roof under, it, puts me in a position where I have plenty of opportunities to get frustrated, especially if I end up sneaking to get a little bit of sleep.

Most of the times I feel I shouldn’t be interrupted. (although others might need something done, since we still live together)

There’s still a sense of entitlement that I still have to Deal with.

But, yeah, it’s one of those things that I’m going to figure out a way to deal with this a lot better because there are going to be times when I have to just get woken up and it’s not something that’s going to be the most favorable.

However, I’m also gonna try to find that happy medium or balance to where I can reasonably expect not to get woken up.

If I’m taking a nap or if I’m going to sleep and even then I don’t take too many naps either, but that’s something I’ll have to look more into.

But, yeah. Waking up, While you’re sleeping, especially if it’s a good one, depending on if there’s a dream involved or anything too, just makes things that much more frustrating.

But, thus is really what it feels like to experience such a thing.