This may have nothing to do with my autism, but as it's impossible to find anything like this on searches, I thought I'd share.
Each night before I sleep, as my head hits the pillow, I imagine one of two scenarios; I'm either on the run from both criminals and the police and can trust neither and have found a safe haven, or I'm stuck in poor weather conditions in the Cairngorms and again have found a shack to provide safety til the morning.
Unlike some people with autism, who like weighted blankets, I usually can't stand covers on me, especially this time of the year. I just wondered if these scenarios could be my equivalent of that need for a cover as such, a small, safe enclosure, albeit in my mind.
I'll re-visit these same scenarios every night. I don't have a problem sleeping, but imagining either of these immediately ensures I'll be asleep in minutes.
I acknowledge it's a bit of an odd one, and might just be me and who I am, I just thought it might be autism related on the basis of its repetition, the need for security etc. and the fact that there's a degree of immaturity around it.
