I’m lucky if I get 4 to 5 hours a sleep most nights. A lot of times I get out of bed so I don’t disturb him. But it is pure amazing to me how my husband can go to sleep so fast.
same but i love white noise... helps alot with my earplugs and eye mask..... so i use white noise... ear plugs to muffle the sound the white noise does not drown out, and mask because led lights are bright as hell
I used to be so puzzled as to why I couldn't ever get to sleep before midnight or even 2 or 3 am. And also as to why it took me a good 15 minutes to power down my brain on good nights. 😂😢
I had full blown panic attacks when I tried to go to bed just like my partner. What I learned from that was that you really should allow yourself to be different and lower the pressure for yourself.
Yes 👏 this is so true. As a neurodivergent woman, I've had to learn this lesson time and time again. Whenever I've tried to do the "right" (or neurotypical) thing, it's generally ended in tears. I just allow myself to be me now.
When I was younger and spent a lot of time outside, and exercised and slept on a schedule, my bedtime was much earlier than it is now. Living in places with bright lights all around has mixed up my sleep schedule to the point that I’ve habituated to a 1am bedtime (like my mom, who’s NOT a morning person like I am). I feel so much more alert even I go to bed earlier and wake before 7am in the summer (and 8 in the winter), but after 6 years of this, I feel so out of whack.
In my 20s this was hard bit in my 40s I've switched it because I wake up at the butt crack of dawn which gives me enough time to run my need for sleep into existence at bed time.
I was actually trying to explain to my mom the other day how there is a very precise category of “noise” that I require to be able to fall asleep. Not white noise or music, those are too easy to tune out and allow my brain to wander. But it can’t be an audiobook or video that I actually want to pay attention to, because that will just keep me awake. Plus there’s the fear that if I do fall asleep to those, I wouldn’t be able to remember where I dozed off and would end up frustrated trying to find the exact right spot. But there is a sweet spot of video (lately Reddit stories, but also sometimes like fact lists…in high school it was CSI cuz they’re kind of all the same when it comes down to it) that captures my brain in a temporary way where I don’t have to stay focused but it also doesn’t want to wander and THAT will allow me to fall asleep. She…was baffled. It’s kind of hard to explain.
I struggle with going to sleep at a normal time especially when i am upset about something. Watching movies, videos...anything to tune out what is bothering me
Yes, this totally explains my sleep patterns compared to my nuerotypical husband. As an autistic woman I have struggled with insomnia my entire life. My husband can just fall asleep anywhere and sleep for at least 8 hours. Me on the other hand struggle with getting only 4 hours of sleep and that is with sleep medication. It's very frustrating.
Type 1 bipolar. I take trazadone for sleep and try to have a set sleeping schedule...which means having a set medication schedule. As well as limiting caffeine. Even then, sometimes I struggle. Especially if I get upset about something. I tried melatonin for a while but it gave me nightmares.
First, who told him he is neurotypical based on his sleep pattern? I have seen so many people who thought they were neurotypical and ended up being neurodivergent. I also know people who are neurodivergent who fall asleep once their head hits the pillow…. Zero extra thoughts, but they are still neurodivergent. There is no one-size-fits-all.
He wasn't saying he is neurotypical based solely on his sleep patterns. He's saying he is neurotypical, and he falls asleep easily, which is more common for neurotypical individuals. As the doc stitching it says, a lot of, not all, but the majority of, neurodivergent individuals struggle with sleep problems. And the average neurotypical individual does not.
My partner, likely a neurotypical, falls asleep within 10 minutes of getting into bed. I, a neurodivergent, will take many active hours of tossing and turning to fall asleep, AND I will wake up multiple times through the night, and have to play a similar game, but maybe for 10s of minutes at a time, to get back to sleep.
They start snoring hours before you are out. I take trazodone now. I think it's better if I go to sleep around 6-7... Otherwise I get a second wind, and I'm up till 11. I have to get up at 4 for work. So if I can't get to sleep, I start stressing out about not being able to get to sleep... Then I spook my sleep and might be up all night. Now I just take my trazadone and start saying the rosary.
I’m not diagnosed but have been told I have some neurodivergent symptoms, and sleeping with my partner is interesting lol. I lay with her so she’s comfortable enough to sleep, then I go smoke a blunt and watch my videos so I’m comfortable enough to get back in the bed and sleep
I’m on loads of medications that realistically should help me sleep more (Ativan, vistaril, gabapentin, auvelity,medical marijuana, and propanonol) and a lot of nights it just doesn’t work. I feel like my brain keeps running at full speed until it eventually tires itself out. I’m also more or less nocturnal which sucks bc the world was built on mornings people. It’s kind of impossible for me to do anything earlier in the day because I usually can’t sleep until 4:44am (at the earliest) and then I have to do my whole routine to get me physically and emotionally prepared to leave the house. People straight up hate the rigidity of the whole thing but there ain’t much I can really do about it
I have to have a separate bed most nights because I’ll get up and start working on a projects or listen to music and pace and day dream. I’ll have an extremely detailed and complex story lines going on in my head, the world around me disappears. The day dreaming is just me I think.
It takes me about 4 hours to fall asleep once I go to bed (wherever that may be) and Lord help me, if someone interrupts that 4 hours, then I feel I have to start all over. Then I'm lucky if I get 3 hours of sleep. I usually wake up on fire, especially if I dreamed (which I normally don't) sleep and I are not good friends
Holy crap... Reallh? There's a reason I'm a "night" person?? Wow... then again, for about 20 years now, I haven't had to keep a "normal" sleep schedule - until two years ago. My cat decided I am required to be awake in the morning to feed her, and in the evening to again feed her. She also tries to convince me it's bedtime at night, and to wake up in general in the morning.
Well.first, she wasnt crying, she eas holding her eyes and lukely removing crusties.. in the original he encourages you to watch, she describes how her brain works before bed.as she has autism. The only.person that saw her crying isbl you and why no one mentioned it.
It takes I long while to sleep. I have ADHD and sleep is a struggle
I’m lucky if I get 4 to 5 hours a sleep most nights. A lot of times I get out of bed so I don’t disturb him. But it is pure amazing to me how my husband can go to sleep so fast.
It takes me FOREVER to fall asleep.
Discovering a 12 hour brown noise video here on YT has been a godsend
Once i put that video on my brain just powers down and i can actually sleep
same but i love white noise... helps alot with my earplugs and eye mask..... so i use white noise... ear plugs to muffle the sound the white noise does not drown out, and mask because led lights are bright as hell
To go to sleep on time ive had to try to start sitting down early. Now i put on frequency music
Same. It's super helpful
Me almost every night for 4 years lol, I get called weird for it but it works.
I used to be so puzzled as to why I couldn't ever get to sleep before midnight or even 2 or 3 am. And also as to why it took me a good 15 minutes to power down my brain on good nights. 😂😢
I had full blown panic attacks when I tried to go to bed just like my partner. What I learned from that was that you really should allow yourself to be different and lower the pressure for yourself.
Yes 👏 this is so true. As a neurodivergent woman, I've had to learn this lesson time and time again. Whenever I've tried to do the "right" (or neurotypical) thing, it's generally ended in tears. I just allow myself to be me now.
When I was younger and spent a lot of time outside, and exercised and slept on a schedule, my bedtime was much earlier than it is now. Living in places with bright lights all around has mixed up my sleep schedule to the point that I’ve habituated to a 1am bedtime (like my mom, who’s NOT a morning person like I am). I feel so much more alert even I go to bed earlier and wake before 7am in the summer (and 8 in the winter), but after 6 years of this, I feel so out of whack.
In my 20s this was hard bit in my 40s I've switched it because I wake up at the butt crack of dawn which gives me enough time to run my need for sleep into existence at bed time.
Sitting watching this at 4am after laying trying to sleep for around 2.5/ 3 hours. And this happens too often. 😢
I saw that video and asked my ex the same thing. She has no theme music
I just love the way you explain stuff, Dr Kojo 💜
I was actually trying to explain to my mom the other day how there is a very precise category of “noise” that I require to be able to fall asleep. Not white noise or music, those are too easy to tune out and allow my brain to wander. But it can’t be an audiobook or video that I actually want to pay attention to, because that will just keep me awake. Plus there’s the fear that if I do fall asleep to those, I wouldn’t be able to remember where I dozed off and would end up frustrated trying to find the exact right spot. But there is a sweet spot of video (lately Reddit stories, but also sometimes like fact lists…in high school it was CSI cuz they’re kind of all the same when it comes down to it) that captures my brain in a temporary way where I don’t have to stay focused but it also doesn’t want to wander and THAT will allow me to fall asleep.
She…was baffled. It’s kind of hard to explain.
I struggle with going to sleep at a normal time especially when i am upset about something. Watching movies, videos...anything to tune out what is bothering me
Yes, this totally explains my sleep patterns compared to my nuerotypical husband. As an autistic woman I have struggled with insomnia my entire life. My husband can just fall asleep anywhere and sleep for at least 8 hours. Me on the other hand struggle with getting only 4 hours of sleep and that is with sleep medication. It's very frustrating.
We as women’s struggle with sleep insomnia also do to menopause she looks kinda older and maybe be having this experience
I have ADHD with autism. It takes 1-2 hours to sleep. Or more. My husband??? His Head touches the pillow and he sleeps. 😂😂
I go to bed super early because it takes SO long to fall asleep, and if I don’t get a certain amount of sleep I’m angry
Omg thank you for this channel because everytime I think to myself
: " waouh this too is due to being on the spectrum?"
❤
Where is the full video
Type 1 bipolar. I take trazadone for sleep and try to have a set sleeping schedule...which means having a set medication schedule. As well as limiting caffeine. Even then, sometimes I struggle. Especially if I get upset about something. I tried melatonin for a while but it gave me nightmares.
First, who told him he is neurotypical based on his sleep pattern? I have seen so many people who thought they were neurotypical and ended up being neurodivergent. I also know people who are neurodivergent who fall asleep once their head hits the pillow…. Zero extra thoughts, but they are still neurodivergent. There is no one-size-fits-all.
He wasn't saying he is neurotypical based solely on his sleep patterns. He's saying he is neurotypical, and he falls asleep easily, which is more common for neurotypical individuals. As the doc stitching it says, a lot of, not all, but the majority of, neurodivergent individuals struggle with sleep problems. And the average neurotypical individual does not.
lol as I watch this instead of sleeping while my husband snores 💁🏽♀️
My partner, likely a neurotypical, falls asleep within 10 minutes of getting into bed.
I, a neurodivergent, will take many active hours of tossing and turning to fall asleep, AND I will wake up multiple times through the night, and have to play a similar game, but maybe for 10s of minutes at a time, to get back to sleep.
Facts
Don’t think I’ve slept earlier than 2am for the last 10 years 😂
Listening to Medical Detectives should help 😂 Works 8/10 for me😂😂😂
They start snoring hours before you are out. I take trazodone now. I think it's better if I go to sleep around 6-7... Otherwise I get a second wind, and I'm up till 11. I have to get up at 4 for work. So if I can't get to sleep, I start stressing out about not being able to get to sleep... Then I spook my sleep and might be up all night. Now I just take my trazadone and start saying the rosary.
I’m not diagnosed but have been told I have some neurodivergent symptoms, and sleeping with my partner is interesting lol. I lay with her so she’s comfortable enough to sleep, then I go smoke a blunt and watch my videos so I’m comfortable enough to get back in the bed and sleep
Imagine being able to shut off your mind? Like, i don't even know what true quiet is
Omg yes truth
I’m on loads of medications that realistically should help me sleep more (Ativan, vistaril, gabapentin, auvelity,medical marijuana, and propanonol) and a lot of nights it just doesn’t work. I feel like my brain keeps running at full speed until it eventually tires itself out. I’m also more or less nocturnal which sucks bc the world was built on mornings people. It’s kind of impossible for me to do anything earlier in the day because I usually can’t sleep until 4:44am (at the earliest) and then I have to do my whole routine to get me physically and emotionally prepared to leave the house. People straight up hate the rigidity of the whole thing but there ain’t much I can really do about it
How can we find that bid to watch? May make things kore accessible to link 🔗 here....
I have to have a separate bed most nights because I’ll get up and start working on a projects or listen to music and pace and day dream. I’ll have an extremely detailed and complex story lines going on in my head, the world around me disappears. The day dreaming is just me I think.
Once I became a house wife my sleep improved. And all big lights go off at 7 only low orange, red light at night and my sleep is on 100%
Doc they keep giving me these antidepressants! How do I steer them towards the autism testing?
It takes me about 4 hours to fall asleep once I go to bed (wherever that may be) and Lord help me, if someone interrupts that 4 hours, then I feel I have to start all over. Then I'm lucky if I get 3 hours of sleep. I usually wake up on fire, especially if I dreamed (which I normally don't)
sleep and I are not good friends
Holy crap... Reallh? There's a reason I'm a "night" person?? Wow... then again, for about 20 years now, I haven't had to keep a "normal" sleep schedule - until two years ago. My cat decided I am required to be awake in the morning to feed her, and in the evening to again feed her. She also tries to convince me it's bedtime at night, and to wake up in general in the morning.
How do we watch the video? No link.
If I want to specialize in this what do I need to study can you tell me please
Night owl
3-4 Hours
Even with a sleeping pill I get about 3 to 4 hours
Im a dude and ive never slept. Too full of inspiration and ideas...billionaire status it is
I ruined everything because i feel severe loniness.
I'm sorry 🌷
Maybe I’m not neurodivergent, then. I’ve been waking up at 2:30-3am my entire life. I go to bed around 8-10pm.
Is no one else going to mention the poor wife crying in the background?? How awful 😢
Well.first, she wasnt crying, she eas holding her eyes and lukely removing crusties.. in the original he encourages you to watch, she describes how her brain works before bed.as she has autism.
The only.person that saw her crying isbl you and why no one mentioned it.
Yes but I be laying there for two hours praying to fall asleep
Mannn wtf