Autism/Depression

Strawberry ALWAYS ok hun - we love to hear from you! ❤

Going back to the sleep thing - as autistic people go, I think I'm quite lucky in that most of the time I manage to sleep. I am a night owl and like being up late but I try not to do this too much if I have work the next day as I need as much brain function as possible ;)

When my brain is anxious/wound up about something, then I might struggle to sleep. It can be a small thing or an idea that's buzzing around or a song that won't shut off, or if I spend too much time doing one activity, it becomes locked in my brain and then it's hard to power down. In those cases I have an audiobook on standby. I don't like to listen to fiction at night because I want to follow the plot, but I have a few non-fiction books which I listen to and it helps my brain disengage from whatever it's got stuck on.

I don't take any medication unless I have to, my body really doesn't like it. I had a cold recently and I had to take stuff for that and it absolutely messed up my sleep pattern and my functionality. Today's the first day I haven't had to use my inhaler in a week and a half and I am so relieved…