Noisey snoring?
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Snoring doesn't wake up the snorer because the brain is desensitized to arousals by sound that it is aclimated to. In other words; your brain wants to sleep so it ignores the input from your ears (and other vibration senses) to help you maintain sleep.
Usually, this system works well, you don't wake up to a brief wind outside your window or a car going by on the street, but you do wake up when the cat starts knocking figurines off the dresser. Your brain is use the wind and street noise, so you assign it a low priority, but the crashing sound of something breaking triggers an excitement in your brain, and abruptly stops the sleep stage, shifting to consciousness.
Snoring, though, can be a problem, especially if it is very loud and labored, or comes with long silent pauses ending with body motion and resumption of breathing. You may have a Sleep Breathing Disorder (sleep apnea). In which case, your breathing is keeping you from sleeping well at night, making you more and more and more tired over time. The more tired (sleep deprived) you are, the more your brain prioritizes whatever sleep you can get. So that "arousal threshold" gets higher and higher, until the point where you don't wake up if you're vibrating the figurines off the dresser yourself with your snoring.
I'm just a sleep tech, (Polysomnographic Technician) I'm going back to watch some else sleep well on CPAP.
Good night, and good luck
My daughter never woke herself up and she snored like a 80 year old man prior to having her adenoids removed.
Although it does not waken you up you will have a disturbed sleep and I expect you wake up half drained in the mornings.
My hubby is the same though just lately he has been waking up as he has a sinus infection.
Have you spoken to your doctor about your snoring...there maybe help to prevent your snoring. My hubby did not find anything to help him...except when he loses weight his snoring is not as bad.
Try "Breathe Right" nasal strips on the person who snores- you can get them at your local pharmacy. Kind-of pricey, but a marriage miracle worker.
Talk to your doctor about your snoring. Sometimes people stop breathing in their sleep (sleep apnea) many times through the night. Because of this they will need to gasp for air repeatedly. This is a condition that needs to be treated because it can affect a person's long-term health.
My ex husband snored so thunderously that I could not sleep with him. He never "woke up" but it turned out he wasn't fully asleep - no wonder he was alway so tired after being in bed for 10 hours!
The condition is called sleep apnea, or if worse, obstructive sleep disorder. It can lead to early strokes and other health complications. I strongly suggest you check in with a doctor about getting this treated.
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