Today, it's been a week since my dad told me I’m no longer allowed to put my phone on do not disturb when I sleep, and a scam caller woke me up at 7 am. I’ve had a serious migraine ever since because waking up early triggers my migraines. FML
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Today, it’s been a week since my dad has decided I’m only allowed to sleep with my door open. Guess how long it’s been since I’ve slept. FML
Today, my parents have decided to ground me if I don’t wake up early. If I wake up early, I get migraines. Not only that, but the migraines always last for exactly as long as the grounding. FML
Today, after pushing myself really hard all week to find a new job, I was looking forward to having a nice relaxing weekend with my family. Nope, I got a migraine and can barely function, but also can't sleep. FML
Today, at the ungodly hour of 11 PM, my dad called to tell me he was driving my mom to the hospital because she was having breathing problems. It turned out to be nothing serious, but my brain decided to freak out anyway, effectively making me unable to fall asleep. Now, I have to go to work like this. FML
Today, my husband came into the bedroom on his phone and threw his gym bag on the bed without looking. I was under the covers with a migraine. Right between my eyes with his trainers. My migraine is now 10 times worse, so I can’t even sleep to escape it. FML
Today, I was so exhausted that I slept through my phone ringing, and later my doorbell ringing. My psycho mom freaked out, and thinking I was in trouble, broke a window to get inside. This all happened before 7 a.m. FML
Today, I got my ass kicked by my boss at work. Why? Because I missed my shift on Saturday, because I slept through my alarms and the phone calls from my co-workers, and I woke up three hours later in a state of panic. This is all because of a medicine I'm on for migraines. FML
Today, I was having a beautiful lucid dream when a telemarketer called at 5AM, waking me up. I silenced my phone and went back to sleep, and was somehow able to resume my lucid dream. Then my phone vibrated me awake. It was the same telemarketer, this time calling at 7AM. FML
Today, my dad now insists I HAVE to be up at 7 am every day. I explained that even after waking up at 7 am for months, my body still couldn’t fall asleep earlier and I stayed chronically sleep deprived. He thinks I’m lying because, “No one’s body works like that.” I’m 30 and can’t move out. FML
Today, I woke up with one of the worst migraines I've had in months. My mother (who thinks I'm a hypochondriac) began to scream at me about "making up an illness". When I asked for my meds, she called me an addict, and dumped my $300 prescription down the sink. FML
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SirChris 18
You can add exceptions to the Do Not Disturb Mode, so that only selected numbers or contacts are allowed to go trough.
Razath 17
Put it in quiet, vibration-less, mode. That's technically not DND and alarms still work ;)
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Comments (6)
SirChris 18
You can add exceptions to the Do Not Disturb Mode, so that only selected numbers or contacts are allowed to go trough.
n3rdn3ss 8
This, I recommend, for I do the same thing.
Razath 17
Put it in quiet, vibration-less, mode. That's technically not DND and alarms still work ;)
Anderling 33
in addition to what SirChris already mentioned, iPhones will have a setting to allow repeated calls to go through do not disturb, so it might be worth checking if your phone also allows for that?
Iamthebanzai22 21
Maybe your battery can just 'go flat' when you go to bed.
Chazzster 32
Let me guess - The reason Dad made that rule is that he expects to wake you via phone and do not disturb prevents that… Guess what, your phone has alarms - Use that to wake you at the appropriate time. That will ultimately take care of what Dad was trying to do… And every time you get a scam call block the number on your phone. Then you won’t get a call from that number again. Also scammers don’t usually leave a message so if you get a phone call from an unknown number and they didn’t leave a message it’s just about guaranteed to be a scammer so those get blocked too. You can’t completely eliminate scammers calling but you can eventually get them under control if you do this.
emmalou 19
check your dnd settings you can allow certain people thru like ur favorites or if someone calls twice in a row