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   ND Dev (nddev@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 06:24:48 JST ND Dev

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   Oh yeah, and fairly often, I sleep *backwards*. You know how your sleep is supposed to start deep and gradually get shallower throughout the night? Yeah. Often mine gets deeper and deeper until it's time to get up. No wonder I wake up groggy!
   
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     ND Dev (nddev@blob.cat)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 06:24:49 JST ND Dev

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     In normal times, I get a pretty repeatable 5½ hours a night. That's with every piece of sleep hygiene I can think of, plus CBD to take the edge off the day and help me relax into sleep.
     
     It's not enough. I can't stay asleep. I get up every day exhausted.
     
     My circadian rhythm is a bit syncopated. 🙂 I'm groggy in the mornings, sleepy in the early afternoon (unless I'm fasting), and only really alert from early evening onwards. By late evening, I'm raring to go -- and that's when I'm supposed to close my eyes and go to sleep.
     
     My sleep is a train wreck.
     
     When there's stress, as there has been recently, with a death in the family, I sleep even less well. I've been getting 4½ to 5 hours' sleep recently. I've been considering taking an afternoon nap, like the old man I am, but it doesn't really fit into the work schedule. I haven't succumbed yet. 🙂
     
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     The #ActuallyAutistic Coach ? (theautisticcoach@neurodifferent.me)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 06:24:50 JST The #ActuallyAutistic Coach ?

     How many hours of sleep do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades get every night on average?

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