I can snore at will and can hear it so that’s proof positive that one can hear oneself snore. In fact, I’m hearing myself snore right now as I type this.
Maybe Controvert can “snore at will” but I’ve never met or heard of anyone else who could. So, here’s a semi-hijack (distinct but related question): WHY can’t most people snore on purpose, or while awake? And, for that matter, why do some people snore while sleeping? What happens? Does snoring serve some kind of natural purpose, or is it just one of those thoroughly useless quirks our species is stuck with, like ingrown toenails?
I can snore on purpose , while awake. And it’s not a “cartoon-imitation” snore, but a seemingly exact recreation of what my palate, nasal passages, throat do in an unvoluntary (asleep) snore.
Here’s a strange observation, I snore more when I’m on an airplane or in an hotel room, than I do at home in my bed! Has anybody else experienced this anomaly?
how bout this: sometimes I can feel my eyes in rem sleep. if I am meditating my eyes will start moving erraticlly. I have no control ever my eyes it kind of tickles. if I try to meditate a little deeper my brain feels numb and I feel like I am falling, then I feel like I am going to puke and force myself to come out of it…wierd huh?
I have had the situation where I have been almost asleep and I start snoring…I have to be on my back and have my head tilted back a bit for this to happen, but I have had that happen more then once. Now normally I don’t try to sleep on my back because it’s rather uncomfortable, so I don’t (think) I snore that much regularly.
It is a rather bizzare feeling to know that loud buzzsaw noise is you rather then some other person.
Keith
It happened to me recently a few times, that I wake up during a snore and when i’m already waken up I finish the one snore and hearing it.
It seems like I only do a one snore which wakes me up.
It doesn’t feel like I was snoring all my sleep, but I can’t know that. Logically it is, but I never knew I snore.
I too wake myself snoring…but only every thirteen years.
Well, how can you be so sure that you actually were snoring? Maybe you only dreamed it.
I’ve heard myself snoring, and it’s been confirmed by the very annoyed person in the same room…and sometimes in the next room.
I started snoring during my cataract surgery, only to be awakened by the doctor yelling “Focus!”
Before I got my CPAP machine if I went to bed extremely tired and slept on my back I have woke myself up.
If I start to fall asleep while wearing my hearing aid and start to snore it will wake me up ! LOL! I can’t hear myself snoring unless I have my hearing aid on.
Its not a snoring patch. Its a life long affliction. Once the throat flaps have loosened there is no going back.
I have snored when awake and watching TV. Maybe my breathing had become so deep and rhythymic even when awake that they rattled the flaps. I was surprised when i heard it and realised how loud it was.
I have also woken myself up with my own snoring.
This is a 13-year-old thread but…yes, I hear myself snoring all the time. On top of that, sometimes in a dream I am trying to talk but I can’t be heard over the noise, and the noise is my own snoring.
My wife has corroborated it (in some cases, it was not the just snoring that was waking me, but also her elbow in my ribs)
Me, too.
So embarrassing!
(But less so than choking on your own drool after falling asleep in the middle of a lecture… :eek: )
Apparently singing can strengthen the pharyngeal muscles sufficiently to reduce snoring.
Let’s say you’re trying to pay attention in class, but your eyes are so droopy that you just have to rest them. You take a micro-nap ant the first thing you do is snore and snap yourself awake to make sure others don’t know that you’re sleeping in class.
They know.
At one point in my life, I discovered that by lying on my back, I could go to sleep easier.
At the same point, I discovered that when I fell asleep while lying on my back, I was almost always immediately awakened by the sound of snoring. I was sure that it wasn’t me, but there was no one else to blame.
Then I discovered that I don’t snore when sleeping on my side. Then, when I got married, I discovered that I DO snore while sleeping on my side; it just didn’t wake me.
I know this is a zombie thread, but just wanted to post the anti-snoring solution that worked for me.
You wear this little rubber mouthpiece in your mouth, and the big nipple type thing sucks your tongue forward. When your tongue is in this position, no more snoring. It’s very simple and extremely effective. You can see for yourself how it works. Try to make a snoring sound, and then stick your tongue out a bit. Toughest part is getting used to it and actually keeping it in one’s mouth. I usually wake up to find it somewhere in the bed or on the floor.