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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.

  • 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. 

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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. 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Oh yeah I definitely get sleep anxiety, I’m anticipating whatever it is I have planned the next day and how it will pan out. I know also that if I don’t get enough sleep I won’t be on my best or feel in the best mood to perform to my own expectations. I really wish to return to the days of sleeping soundly and not being rattled by the restlessness of my own mind which seems to be on some level of alert at all times, 

  • in reply to Autismman

    I never get to sleep before midnight, even if I have to get up really early the next day, I've always been like that, I've always thought it's better to have less, good quality sleep and a lot of poor quality sleep, lots of good quality sleep is the best though. These days I always try and arrange appt's for the afternoon, if I have to have one in the morning, I get sort of stress insomnia, where I worry about getting to sleep so much that I dont' go to sleep until really late by my standards.