If you can hear yourself snoring, are you really asleep?

Yes. You are asleep if all your physical functions like the action of cardiac and involuntary muscles have slowed down and your control over your own voluntary muscles is higly inhibited. Most people associate the altered state of consciousness to be the natural state of sleep. By altered consciousness, I mean dreamland. read more

If you are snoring & you can hear yourself that means you are half asleep, these are rare chances. If you get poor sleep quality due to your snoring, have been told that you wake people up because you snore loudly, or have woken yourself up due to your own snoring, you should see a professional about it. read more

” Richard Owen Waking yourself up with loud snoring can be a symptom of sleep apnea, always good to mention this to your doctor, apnea can be a potentially serious disorder. read more

As you begin to fall asleep, the muscles can relax to the point that snoring begins well before you've actually fallen asleep. In fact it isnt uncommon at all, particularly among heavier people, for someone to "wake themselves up" just as they were falling asleep with the sound of their own snoring. read more