One childhood issue is so clear now
1 min readByJen Smith
Hi all, new to the discussion. I found out I had aphantasia last year and honestly mostly it's ‘whatever’ to me. People are all across the spectrum and we all are who we are. We do the best we can with what we have. However, I do find it interesting to explain some of my quirks and one thing struck me as an ‘aha’.
When I was a kid, I was literally the worst to try to get to sleep. I feel terrible for my poor mom and dad. I was always trying to negotiate staying up later, secretly reading in bed, sneaking out of bed and so on.
I now realize, for me, when I closed my eyes it was the darkness. The inability to sort of lull myself to sleep with visualizations. As I got older, I would make up full fictional stories in my head which would drift me off to sleep. Each night, I'd pick up where I was and continue the story until it was done, and then start another one. These stories could go on for weeks if I created a good one.
Anyone else have to come up with sleep coping mechanisms when they were young?