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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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  • Thanks for the replies. His senses are quite strong, he does have sensory issues, and he also finds it hard to turn his brain off at bed time, and doesn't like sleep time. I wonder if that's part of it. I don't mind him having the radio on, so I can live with it, I was just curious as to if anyone else had this issue :) 

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  • Thanks for the replies. His senses are quite strong, he does have sensory issues, and he also finds it hard to turn his brain off at bed time, and doesn't like sleep time. I wonder if that's part of it. I don't mind him having the radio on, so I can live with it, I was just curious as to if anyone else had this issue :) 

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