Cant sleep - Place to visit when you're up late.

[Lilac98]

You know what @Lilac98, the more you worry the less you sleep. Find something to do. Read a book, listen to music, stream a show you like.
You need to stop the ruminations and fill your head with something else. If you go here:

Articles

www.myptsd.com

Theres lots of helpful stuff to read. Learn about grounding and stress cup. Those two things are endlessly helpful.

I've tried grounding a lot cause of my severe social anxiety. I've generally not found it very helpful I still automatically panic around people

 

[Friday]

I've tried grounding a lot cause of my severe social anxiety. I've generally not found it very helpful I still automatically panic around people

Grounding doesn’t help me even o.ooooooooooo1% with my ADHD.

In point of fact, it not only makes anything in ADHD-land worse, but I have to actively account for my ADHD weighing in if I’m grounding for PTSD/Anxiety/etc.

Comorbid disorders do that. 1+1=3. You have the individual disorders themselves, and then you have a third thing where the disorders are blending / playing off of / creating feedback loops / accentuating / &or / minimising.

When I’m meeting both of my comorbid disorders? I have to take the baseline that is my ADHD… and adapt it. Meaning I have to play with adrenaline levels (oomph! Hell yes!), or my hyperfocus (which is basically a type of disassociation), or my sensory issues.

A place to start finding grounding techniques that work for you, and play well with your autism? Stimming.

 

[Dynamic]

feelings. Not actually sick.

Can't sleep.

Minds AWAKE loud

Cried so super hard. Feel secure but really really pissed off. Just opened up something and wallah. Painful crying bleh.

 

[Teasel]

Can't sleep, dog tired.
Tired and apparently wired.
Grrr

 

[Freddyt]

Can't sleep, dog tired.
Tired and apparently wired.
Grrr

Sounds really familiar....

 

[Freiyah]

Up earlier than I would like on a Sunday. The cats woke me for their usual 3 am feeding and have been up ever since. Too much going on in my head this morning.

 

[somerandomguy]

Daughter woke up from nightmare and immediately started screaming. Daughter woke up wife, who was immediately sick. Wife woke me up, who doesn't deal well with things well when half-awake in the presence of ear-piercing screams that won't stop.

Somehow this is all my fault ...