lizzzzard on Nostr: Hey Actually Autistics ! I have a problem, and wonder if any of you might have ...

Hey Actually Autistics (npub1pce…geep) ! I have a problem, and wonder if any of you might have similar problems, but maybe, hopefully, also a solution to go with it?

After intense days, my body decides that what I need now is not a full night of sleep, but intensely processing my stress at 4am. It takes the form of my mind being wide awake, looking for problems to solve. Could be real to-dos, but if I get those out of my mind, it'll reliably find other things to ruminate about.

Has anybody found a way to avoid that and tell their bodies to go to sleep? It compounds and leads to a constantly deteriorating state after a few nights like that.

I've learnt about body scans, muscle relaxation and breath work in therapy, but those don't help much: my body is decently relaxed, but my mind is wide awake and racing.