{"id":746352,"date":"2026-08-22T17:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746352\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:06:12","slug":"i-taught-myself-to-wake-up-without-an-alarm-in-a-week-heres-how-it-fixed-my-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746352\/","title":{"rendered":"I taught myself to wake up without an alarm in a week. Here&#8217;s how it fixed my sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-styles__ParagraphStyled-sc-ffb5f5ba-0 fqhmpl\">I&#8217;m quite light-sensitive, so the researchers I spoke to suggested using blackout blinds (which I already had) while sleeping, and I decided to wear my sleep mask for added protection. Then, upon waking, they recommended I immediately open the blinds to let in the morning light, which <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/86\/1\/151\/2841140\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">triggers a <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/86\/1\/151\/2841140\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">surge of <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/article-abstract\/86\/1\/151\/2841140\" class=\"LinkUrl-styles__LinkUrlStyled-sc-f4e3b82f-0 eGAhOs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cortisol<\/a>, a hormone that allows us to be alert and ready for action. &#8220;That helps tell the clock, &#8216;Okay, this is when I start my day&#8217;,&#8221; says Simon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m quite light-sensitive, so the researchers I spoke to suggested using blackout blinds (which I already had) while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-746352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}