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Question regarding silence

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Strange question maybe, but my son is autistic, and he won't go to sleep in silence, always has to have his radio on. Tonight I asked why and he said because he feels lonely when there's no sound. I'm NT but I used to feel that way, mainly when I was depressed though, I had to go to sleep with background noise, because the silence was deafening. It made me feel so lonely, and I always felt sound was a comfort and like company. Does anyone else feel like that? Do you think it's linked to his autism, or generally do a lot of people feel the same? 

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  • It is possible that he has mistaken the reason for needing background noise (people with autism often have alexithymia).  Many people on the spectrum are sensory sensitive with their hearing and complete silence means that every tiny noise disturbs sleep, so having background noise drowns that out and ensures sleep is undisturbed.  There is also something comforting about it.

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  • It is possible that he has mistaken the reason for needing background noise (people with autism often have alexithymia).  Many people on the spectrum are sensory sensitive with their hearing and complete silence means that every tiny noise disturbs sleep, so having background noise drowns that out and ensures sleep is undisturbed.  There is also something comforting about it.

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