An anesthesiologist could tell you. You see, general anesthesia has three basic components. The first immobilizes you. The second blocks your memory. You can im

An anesthesiologist could tell you. You see, general anesthesia has three basic components. The first immobilizes you. The second blocks your memory. You can imagine what would happen during surgery with either of those two missing. The third is an ordinary pain killer like morphine or fentanyl. Waking up is just the first thing that happened after they turned your memory back on. So the truth is, this phenomenon says that you were probably lying there in light REM thinking about getting up for a long time before the alarm went off, or checking the clock every few minutes between dreams until it was time to turn your memory back on. I did this too before every morning swim practice, except when I didn’t finish the deep sleep cycle.