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Tools For Waking Up?

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I have been terribly struggling waking up in the morning without help. I have an alarm that wakes me up at my lightest point of sleep, getting plenty of sleep, have tried setting many multiple alarms, even when I wake up I can fall back to sleep after I eat or shower. It is very debilitating relying on others for this but I feel really stuck. I NEED to get up early for my job (hour and 20 mins drive) so I need time to drive there, get ready, and some time to walk in ect. Like most autistics I struggle prioritizing, deadlines, and sensing what is important. When I am half conscious in the morning this is 10x worse, sometimes I just want to go back into my dream (I have vivid dreams) and don't think about the fact I have stuff to do. I have been told I just need more motivation, to just DO IT, or that I must not care. But I do!! But executing just getting up is just so... HARD?? It feels so simple and my friends do it, I need to too. Any help would be amazing

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  • I'm currently working from home and my morning routine has become awful. Although I want to go back to the office as soon as possible I am actually kind of dreading it because I won't be able to roll out of bed 5 minutes before I start work!

    I've always had trouble getting to sleep, because my brain doesn't switch off at bedtime so I just lay there thinking about everything and anything (usually analysing a conversation or event from far too long ago for it to be relevant today), and I get tinnitus as well which doesn't help when it's playing up. 

    I set multiple alarms on my phone, too. When I was a teenager I used to have a radio next to my bed that I would turn on and listen too when I woke up so I wouldn't go back to sleep. Can't really do it now because I don't think my partner would be too impressed by that!

  • in reply to AJ

    I don't usually have a problem getting to sleep but I wake up in the middle of the night and analyse conversations, think about what I am going to do the next day, listen to my breathing which seems very loud and I sometimes can't lay on my left side because my heart beats so hard thumping against my chest.

    Do NTs have these thoughts and feelings as well?

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  • in reply to AJ

    I don't usually have a problem getting to sleep but I wake up in the middle of the night and analyse conversations, think about what I am going to do the next day, listen to my breathing which seems very loud and I sometimes can't lay on my left side because my heart beats so hard thumping against my chest.

    Do NTs have these thoughts and feelings as well?

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