The Sleep Conundrum
Sleep is an allusive beast when you are Autistic, it seems that although you can do so much physical exercise that your body wants to fall into bed and stay there for eternity, your mind on the other hand has other ideas. This can be anything from what is happening in your life, something you've over analysed or mine for example likes to make me stay awake until whatever time in the morning writing scripts or even books just so it can tire itself out more easily. Not being able to sleep is higher amongst Autistic Adults which is no surprise, and insomnia I imagine seems to be higher amongst Autistic Adults. But why is it that we cannot sleep? I mean we need up to 8 hours a day to be healthy but yet this never seems to happen. My sleeping patterns change constantly and dramatically depending on my anxiety levels and what is happening in my life at that period of time. Usually the number one cause for not being able to sleep with autistic adults is Anxiety. Ove