Readers Respond: Why Don’t Snorers Wake Up? | To sleep

I am a loud snorer for life and I wake up. If I use a decongestant spray or snoring strips, I sleep much better; otherwise, I wake up continuously during the night. I sleep alone today, the only person who will share a room with me is my daughter, who appears to be unconscious. Leonne griggs

In fact, a snoring will wake up the snorer. Fortunately, arousal lasts about two seconds and does not have the power to effectively interrupt sleep. Therefore, a snorer’s pleasant sleep does not come to an end despite the disturbance experienced. Judah Sharon B

A question very dear to my heart. Why doesn’t my wife wake up to her snoring? It’s so loud that I can hear it in the next room, in the guest room. Sometimes I record her to show her how strong she is. She wears earplugs … so clearly that’s the reason. galvinonthewing

And if you have sleep apnea, chances are good that you will have times when you stop breathing completely. This, in turn, forces you to wake up and gulp some air. You may wake up many times during the night, thus experiencing a poor night’s sleep and feeling fatigued the next day. My partner’s snoring woke them up like this many times during the night and made life in a wheelchair much more dangerous (including a period of falling asleep while crossing the street). Have a sleep expert check your snoring, those CPAP devices they prescribe are a lifesaver and a lot quieter than sawing wood. ChemtrailSniffa

One possibility is that heavy snorers also sleep a lot. The worst person I have ever known for snoring also once slept with someone who was passing a chainsaw right by their window. Of course, many of us suspect that the snorers were sent here to torment the rest of us, and their evil plan wouldn’t work if they woke up, so maybe it’s part of the evil design … Thomas1178

I am an occasional snorer and my wife will kick me if I am going through a loud streak. I often get kicked when I think I’m not even asleep. My mind will continue to process the day, and I would say that I am aware and generally aware of what is going on around me. But I clearly can’t hear my snoring! Gregedo

While I was awake listening to my wife snoring, she would wake up, hit me and tell me to stop snoring. Tedami7

It’s really weird isn’t it? You would think that evolution would have eliminated it. If snoring doesn’t signal someone who is so out of his mind that they would be easy prey, then I don’t know what would. Sporpo

Towards the beginning of spring, the hedgehogs begin to snore very loudly (at least they did in my garden in Nottinghamshire). We often wondered why the badgers or foxes could not locate the animal and make a snack (we had both in the garden at intervals). However, when visiting one of the Baltic states, we entered a 14th century pharmacy. There we found charred and dried hedgehog offered as a cure (for respiratory problems, as I finally found out via Google). So, for one thing, badgers and foxes ignore it, but human predators do (at least, they did in the 14th century). Bufospinoso

It seems to me that the real question for the letter writer should be: “Why am I sleepwalking through life when I do not urge my partner, with such severe snoring, to seek a sleep study for what is often a threat? for life? and always a shocking condition in life? ” DrFaustroll

My sister is a horrible hoarseness. We shared a bedroom throughout our childhood and adolescence, which means that I had many disturbed nights, even though I learned to live with it. He snores due to a defect in his jaw, which would require his jaw to be broken to correct it. Unsurprisingly, he decided not to, which means the snoring continued unabated. He often woke up snoring, but didn’t remember anything the next day. He could have voted for the broken jaw, but he met his partner and moved out. Now he has to deal with it and I sleep peacefully at night! Medea1982

A divorced psychologist writes: the explanation is really quite simple. My own extensive research on this topic over several years, using me nobly as a guinea pig, concluded that, contrary to popular belief, the perceived sonic phenomenon of snoring does in fact have no material existence and therefore cannot be heard. nor bothered by the accused sleeper. . Rather, it is a projected hysterical auditory hallucination. The condition is typically experienced by a habitually insomniac partner who shares a bed with the subject and thus serves as a convenient excuse to violently awaken him at intervals throughout the night out of sheer jealousy. There is no owl