Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone ellse tend to have an overactive brain before they go to bed? Like if your staying some where different like at a relative's house you can't sleep well unless it's your own bed. Other people's houses freak me out at night time. I can literally here everything from pipes creeking to floor boards to the wind outside. Then my over imagination kikcs in and thinks there must be somone there when reality I do t beleive in ghosts but old Victorian propperties really creep me out. I sleep fine in my house but when we stay at families houses not so much.
My problems with sleep are many, last night's TV affects me, worry about life and money, even books I'm reading come into my nightmares.
Last night I woke up at 4am and was unable to sleep. Today at 4pm I went to bed very sleepy for a short nap
Films and stuff don't give me nightmares but reality does I guess
Same. I actually haven't ever had a nightmare even once in my life, and scary movies don't bother me.
But I will lie awake thinking about what I said 7 years ago, cringing horribly and hating myself.
I used to do this all the time and it still happens occasionally if I am stressed/anxious. Going over and over bad times and how I dealt with them. It is one of the things I hate the most, one’s brain not being able to let the past stay in the past.
My brain does that too even if something Petty like an argument or something or if I made a twat of myself and embrased myself some how along with if people were mean to me too then it plays on my head in a loop but think that's more of an ADHD trait than an autistic trait as I have both maybe you do too?
Untoward said:wish I could switch my brain off
I understand what you mean. I often wish I could take a holiday from my mind. Sleep helps but it's not healthy to do that all the time. In my 20s when things were really tough, I used to sleep a lot to get respite from the thoughts. These days I just immerse myself in music or a special interest. You?
It's just annoying, wish I could switch my brain off but the thoughts go round and round.
Untoward said:cringing horribly and hating myself.
That must be really hard to cope with. I'd tell the thoughts to piss off. I was playing the smallest violin today and phoning samaritans but I can also take the piss out of myself for being so woah is me. Does that help you to do that?