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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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  • Totally relate. In my case, it's not so much replaying things in my head, but just feeling drained after masking all day, and hiding my irritation. When I was working full time before it was sad because I wouldn't want to talk to anyone in the evening (the job was particularly demanding and crammed with superficialities). I'd want to just unwind before bed, but my daughter would come in for a chat and I didn't want to turn her down. If a teenager does that, you grab the win.

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  • Totally relate. In my case, it's not so much replaying things in my head, but just feeling drained after masking all day, and hiding my irritation. When I was working full time before it was sad because I wouldn't want to talk to anyone in the evening (the job was particularly demanding and crammed with superficialities). I'd want to just unwind before bed, but my daughter would come in for a chat and I didn't want to turn her down. If a teenager does that, you grab the win.

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