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?
