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Hi, i have a different take on sleep resistance. Maybe looking for a psychological reason for it isn’t where it’s at. I don’t believe I have PDA, and I’m disabled and don’t work, so it’s not the case that late night is my only time to myself; yet I have vicious sleep resistance. Sometimes it’s so bad I’ll fight it until I’m falling asleep totally involuntarily, and even that can take over 24 hours, and I’ll repeat the behavior as soon as I’ve had enough sleep to recover. It has gotten worse as I’ve gotten older, despite lots of psychotherapy and pretty good mental health overall. The psychotherapy that has come closest to helping was ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) which tries to help the client feel that their behavior is largely a matter of choices, and to make their choices in a more conscious, intentional way with less self-criticism.

As a kid I finally had control over my time. So reading into the early morning hours. This also had the side effect of making me sleep deprived so the gradeschool classroom was less overstimulating.

See that is the problem: putting neurodivergence in the DSM. ADHD and ASD are not mental health disorders. They are just the way your brain in wired.

I'm loving the video and it's the first video of yours that I watch and I've already subscribed to the channel before 4:00 in, but I do have a feedback. I totally had and still have the scaring faces flashes, and also I have night terrors since childhood. I'm only being evaluated for ADHD now, after more then 15 years being treated for other disorders. I could go on venting about my story, but I just wanted to say that I still get triggered by that kind of face you used, and maybe other people for whom this video appeals get triggered too, I don't know... But yes, great topic, great video! Thank you!

why not put "minorities" with the others? why are they separated? see this is the problem for real

Just like scizofrenia?

You could have avoided the scary face without warning!

What kind of yoga did you recommend?

I'm usually scrolling Shorts, and here I am finishing a 17:32 video !!! thx for the great content

If i don't fit in either autism or ADHD maybe a new class is needed ! We need more research!

I was just diagnosed with masked autism in my 50s. I absolutely detest bedtime! I love having the house completely to myself! It's quiet and my hubby's asleep so I can do things for me.

Wow, this video is exactly what I was looking for.

Humans genetically different circadian rhythms. It's not related to ADHD at all. There are 5 they have roughly identified. Extreme early rise, Early riser, balanced, late sleeper and extreme late sleeper. They span about 3 hour bed time to 3 hour wake time. So put person with extreme late sleeping circadian rythm and put ADHD on top that. Then make them work in a early riser world is a disaster. My point is being night own does not mean you have ADHD, ADHD just make being a night owl worse.

The inner conflict and self esteem can improve a lot with therapy

I'm wondering how to help my PDA middleschooler with her academics. she literally doesn't do school work unless she knows there's a huge consequence.. then she only does bare minimum. advice?

Are you Indian?

I get my best ideas when I’m trying to fall asleep. It’s like my brain goes into hyper creativity. It’s frustrating because o wish I had all those ideas during the day so I can put some of these ideas to use

I love the right hand rule… this will save me sooo much time trying to figure out what to do next ❤️❤️❤️ Hope you are doing well ❤️❤️❤️

If I'm planning to call my mother all it takes is my wife asking me if I've called my mother, as soon she does that something in brain shoves task down the road a day or week later. I've always view my resistance to demands to be more of just not having the capacity to do the demand. Like asking me to do the dishes when I'm mentally exhausted. Then look at phone my mother example and clearly more than that.

Autistic, ADHD, DPA, highly sensative, empath, post menopause, raised by a covert narcissistic adoptive mother! Still alive but so much cleaning up to do. Either fight or freeze.

This is so amazing! I’m a woman in my late 60s and have lived all my life knowing there’s something seriously wrong with me. I figured out I’m an Aspie years ago and more recently that I’m also ADD, but this is the first time anybody has described me so precisely, down to the PDA which made my professional life sheer hell. Retirement is fantastic btw!!😅 I feel ever so slightly less weird now. Your channel is so great!

I didn't get the Autism diagnosis, because my ADHD hid my Autism beautifully. I myself only realised 2 years ago I had Autism while I had been aware of my ADHD for years. I'm in the UK and they used the DSM 5, which I found very strange. I was seen by a very neurotypical male doctor, so I closed down immediately and masked like a pro. I had no control over it. And I didn't get the diagnosis and has been devastated since. I know I'm autistic and it feels like a part of my authentic self has been denied to me by some idiot who saw me via a camera for 50 minutes. Feels like they don't really care at all. Just ticking off boxes. Anyone has any advice? I haven't been leaving the house since the call been having insomnia and can't eat. A psychiatrist literally caused me my latest trauma. What do I do?

I have been diagnosed with adhd & I feel this way, I just figured maybe this rollercoaster ride of emotions meant I was a little bi-polar lol.

O my days, this happens still for me. Scary movie faces would come in my mind since childhood. I still can't sleep in pitch darkroom

On the one hand, I want to share my story, on the other hand, I'm certain it would create friction between my ex- husban and me, causing co-parenting with him to be even more stressful, if he found the channel.

So true I have ADHD and autism

This is so interesting. ❤ i definitely have ADD. This sounds like me. Fascinating. My fiance gets upset with me somrtimes with some of thr 5 signs. My hyper focus has been wigs and taught myself wit help of youtube creators how ti do my nails from home! Its been since like 2020. Im over it now and need to find something else.❤ obsess over certain foods and dont eat enough. 😢 No way! You twirl your hair?! Ive done it since i was 4 but i rip mine ojt and i have to twirl. Holy crap.

Oh holy crap!!! So…… 😮……. Is it possible to have every single trait that you mentioned, but still not be adhd or autistic?

22-80% is wild as a statistic.

I thought everyone had an interest based brain

Stimming can be from Adhd too and not necessarily Autism!

I have ADHD I could not focus on the speaking and body movements for more than 2 min. my brain said stop. If someone made it through the video can you list the 3 problems she blurred out at 2 seconds in the video?

I knew I was different.

Can relate, especially decisions part is quite eye-opening. I can suddenly decide at 3 am that I'm moving to another country, but walk at a supermarket for hour because can't choose between two teas

I slept well until I went to boarding school Ever since then, sleeping at night has been an issue Growing up we had a radio playing 24/7 in the bedrooms It really helps with sleep

this video hurts me as knife...

worst luck he

I wish my brain find social media boring but it’s the contrast 🙃

No genetics but gene expression.

I don't get a flash of a scary face when going to sleep, but I do sometimes think of awful things just as I'm nodding off. I just tell my brain, "Really? No! Not now!" and that usually works, though sometimes it takes a couple of tries to redirect my sleepy thoughts into good dreams. Also, I swear by Manta Sleep masks too - love having the ability to listen to music or brown noise through the mask with the embedded headphones. (Although this contradicts with what you said about disconnecting electronics completely - I feel like light and too much food or stimulation before bed disturbs me far more than anything from WiFi or Bluetooth waves). I also feel like sometimes when it's too quiet, my brain starts making its own chatter.

I also have right-left identification issue (Dyslexic) probably I am AuDyHD

I am in process of getting diagnosed. I am scared of the result. Funny how we have the same humor. Thank you for speaking up.

My 14 year old daughter is auadhd and although we have a strict bedtime routine, she still lays there for hours before falling asleep and it's having a terrible impact on her day to day life. She has to wake up at 6am so that she can get off to school by 8 am and she is super slow in the morning so if she wakes up later she won't be ready by 8pm. I'm at my wits end and she's desperate for sleep

@neurodivergentMom Yes! Absolutely! We don’t want to go to bed because that means in the blink of an eye it will be morning and we will have to do the things… Like go to work or go to school! Or if it’s a weekend… chores! That was the main reason I didn’t want to go to bed and I need wind down time after the busy day! (I’m late diagnosed at age 56…)ADHDer… I’m 59 now almost 60 The only thing that has changed lately is I changed careers after getting laid off from an insurance company and now I work in hospital supply in hospital and I am on my feet all day … I have no problem going to sleep as a matter fact I fall asleep early now… and I love sleep🤣 Only problem is I will not be staying in this career… I took a pay cut to change careers… I just can’t afford to live on this. Also I’m tired of being tired at the end of the day! I can’t even get anything done during the week now… So the struggle will continue once I find another job 🥺 That being said, I started this comment before you started talking about people with ADHD having different circadian rhythms! I did not know that! This is life-changing! A lot of times I’ll get home and fall asleep for like a few hours… But usually I just try to force myself to stay awake and get things done and then I end up being too tired to get things done but I’m still forcing myself to stay awake thinking I’m going to get them done and then I just fall asleep anyway… 😩 So I’m going to try to take a nap when I get home from work… but can it only be 20 minutes? Or I feel like an hour would be better? Does it matter? Thank you so much for this video!

Yes! Absolutely! We don’t want to go to bed because that means in the blink of an eye it will be morning and we will have to do the things… Like go to work or go to school! Or if it’s a weekend… chores! That was the main reason I didn’t want to go to bed and I need wind down time after the busy day! (I’m late diagnosed at age 56…)ADHDer… I’m 59 now almost 60 The only thing that has changed lately is I changed careers after getting laid off from an insurance company and now I work in hospital supply in hospital and I am on my feet all day … I have no problem going to sleep as a matter fact I fall asleep early now… and I love sleep🤣 Only problem is I will not be staying in this career… I took a pay cut to change careers… I just can’t afford to live on this. Also I’m tired of being tired at the end of the day! I can’t even get anything done during the week now… So the struggle will continue once I find another job 🥺

What medication do u take ?

Anyone who uses the word Aspergers in 2024 is not in touch.

Link to the Revenge Bedtime Procrastination viral Video instagram.com/reel/C9u1DV9SfRt/?igsh=MWtkcjN1YXFxdjBrZg==

Now realising why i prefer a night shift job! 👌😀

My son was diagnosed with both. Then they also have trued throwing bipolar in there too. That one I see.