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Girls With AUTISM Sleep Issues (Need To KNOW!) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Why girls in the autism special have difficulty sleeping.
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  Why indeed? Let's get right into it right
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  now, guys, welcome back to the aspy world.
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  OK, so autism and sleeping difficulties.
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  Now, girls in the autism spectrum are no exception to
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  this rule. Autism comes with a bunch of
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  other stuff. Autism creates the ability for
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  your mind to run at 1000 miles an hour.
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  If your mind is going at 1000 miles an hour, how on earth are
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  you ever going to keep up right now if you're not able to keep
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  up with your mind, if you're not able to do those things where
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  you feel like, oh, I can do this now to relax.
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  I can do that to to stay awake. You know, all of those things
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  encompassed in a specific environment cause emotional
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  deregulation and also sleeping issues.
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  And what I mean by this is very, very simple.
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  If you're a female on the ultimate spectrum and you are
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  trying to be the most productive in your day, you're going around
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  your day and you are just killing it.
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  You do all these tasks, your mind is active and you're
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  keeping that dopamine high. Just go on through these tasks
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  and he managed to do all your lists, news, all these hackers
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  and these apps to get through everything.
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  And then at the end of the night, you close your eyes and
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  try to sleep. It's not going to happen.
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  You would just spend the entire day kicking ass and now you're
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  like, OK, brain, calm down doesn't happen.
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  You need to create an environment where you start to
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  calm yourself down in order to that you can then go to sleep.
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  You know, it's kind of like saying it's like having an
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  airplane stop in mid air. It's never going to happen.
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  The airplane's going to it has momentum.
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  It's going to have to slow down gradually and unpack.
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  Now in terms of your brain, it's exactly the same.
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  So This is why this is what I'll tell you to do.
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  Drink caffeine before bed. And it all sounds really, really
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  like opposite, but stimulants help the autism brain because it
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  helps increase serotonin levels, which will then increase your
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  ability to sleep better. I know it sounds crazy, bear
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  with me. So have caffeine before bed.
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  Maybe come see a couple of coffee before you go to bed.
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  But create a, a setting environment, you know, put on
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  candles, dim the light in your living room, watch something
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  that's calming. Maybe stop television an hour
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  before you want to go to sleep, read a book or something, But
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  nothing that's going to be too exciting.
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  All of these things is designed to help you go OK, I'm I'm
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  entering slumber period and I'm going to go to bed and I'm going
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  to have a good rest. Now.
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  If you want to download my free autism Lifehacks PDF book, you
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  can do Autismhacks net. It's completely free right now
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  and you can join the movement. Guys.
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  If this video is helpful, please share it and I'll see you in the
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  next one. Peace.