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Going to bed, is it hard?

Stuart333

I saw something on YouTube from Mom on the spectrum a couple of days ago saying going to bed was hard as it represents a transition. I hadn't thought of it in those terms.

It struck home as I have wondered why I spend hours sitting in my chair thinking I ought to go bed and not doing it.

Do others do this?

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  • I can really relate to that, and had not thought about it being part of autism before.  I thought this was just me.
    I remember telling people how much I struggle to get to sleep, and also to wake up.  If I am awake I am awake, and wonder how I am going to 'become asleep'.  And if I am asleep I am asleep, and when I wake up I almost always feel I should go back to sleep, and I remain sleepy for a long time.

    In my case I also wonder whether I am hyposensitive to the sensation of tiredness.  I often find myself falling asleep while on my laptop, as if I had not realised how tired I was and how I should have gone to bed.  

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  • I can really relate to that, and had not thought about it being part of autism before.  I thought this was just me.
    I remember telling people how much I struggle to get to sleep, and also to wake up.  If I am awake I am awake, and wonder how I am going to 'become asleep'.  And if I am asleep I am asleep, and when I wake up I almost always feel I should go back to sleep, and I remain sleepy for a long time.

    In my case I also wonder whether I am hyposensitive to the sensation of tiredness.  I often find myself falling asleep while on my laptop, as if I had not realised how tired I was and how I should have gone to bed.  

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