I’m looking for sleeping tricks and thought some other people here might have similar issues or good tricks. Can be anything from getting the motivation to go to sleep to actually tricks to falling asleep.
My current trickbook is basically this:
Podcasts, but it has to be in some goldilocks zone of interesting to enough to keep attention but not too good so it gets exciting.
I’ve also done meditation in bed when falling asleep that tends to work.
Consistent routine is good. Shower, brush teeth, lights off, episode, sleep.
I’m curious to see what other autistic people are working with here.
I used heavy trance when I had trouble when I was younger. I used night sounds like rain and thunder for a couple of years. Now my partner watches Minecraft videos while heading off to sleep and I cuddle them and fall asleep with them.
That said, other tools are exercise, less caffeine, Ritalin (so I am not overtired and stressed), less sugar, and better heat management.