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Struggle to sleep after busy day around others

Autismman

When I’m around others for long periods of time, not close family as such but colleagues etc I often feel too wired to properly shut off at bed time. I get what I consider to be a delayed reaction to all the stimuli, as if I walk around in a protective bubble all day then all of a sudden when night approaches the thoughts start knocking at the door of my mind. I run over conversations, try to guess what someone may have thought of my greetings, did I appear weird at all in some way? Are others judging me or am I just over-thinking?; Mr over-thinking is my life long friend. Usually the next day when I have slept these thoughts and concerns lessen.

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  • Yes, I have this. As much as it's nice to shut the door and get some peace, I need a lot of time to decompress before sleep is possible after a lot of time with others. I usually don't have issues getting to sleep initially but I do wake up very early and my brain is very active, which makes it difficult to get back to sleep. I replay conversations endlessly and worry that I said the wrong thing.

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  • Yes, I have this. As much as it's nice to shut the door and get some peace, I need a lot of time to decompress before sleep is possible after a lot of time with others. I usually don't have issues getting to sleep initially but I do wake up very early and my brain is very active, which makes it difficult to get back to sleep. I replay conversations endlessly and worry that I said the wrong thing.

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  • in reply to McFrost

    Last night I just couldn’t shut off, I should have been tired but I wasn’t feeling it. I wanted so badly to feel drained and that’s an odd thing to want but at night when you’ve had a long day and you aren’t getting enjoyment or any dopamine hits any longer you know it’s time to shut eye but I stayed awake till almost midnight before passing out.