u/ExternalityXV

Hi friends, I was diagnosed with autism later in life but I am on the lower end of the spectrum. I do have some problems with auditory noises, such a repetitive sounds, words, phrases, buzzing or equivalent like sounds (relevant).

Sleeping for me has always been a challenge, I need absolutely no light, not even little ones on tvs, cable boxes, etc. No TV, and no noise EXCEPT a box fan. I genuinely cannot sleep without a box fan, I am so in tuen with it that I will wake up the second it turns off. If our power goes out in the middle of the night, sometimes I will wake up before it's even fully turned off. My SO wakes me up in the morning by turning my box fan off so I get woke up gently. We don't sleep in the same room as his snoring is so bad I could never sleep (we love each other I promise lol).

As I've gotten older it's gotten harder and harder for me to get to sleep and stay asleep. ​​I went from being a deep sleeper to a light sleeper and my brain has started hyperfocusing on sounds. Specifically my box fan, my box fans makes a humming sound (this isn't even accurate to how it really sounds but is the only way I can describe it, if that makes sense) that prevents me from falling asleep and keeps me up all hours of the night. It is starting to affect my mental health, I can hear it through ear plugs and covering my head with a pillow. I was starting to worry that maybe I was going crazy, because my SO can't hear it and I have tried at least 4 different fans and they all have a similar noise. I've tried so hard to block it out and I just can't. I recently read an article that talked about how people with autism can sometimes hear electricity or electrical buzzes and I'm wondering if what I am hearing is the electrical portion of the motor, since it happens with every fan I have.

So my question is, does anyone have any advice on how I can block this out to sleep? How do I get my brain to stop hyper focusing on that one sound no matter what. I've rearranged my fan every direction I can in my room, elevated it, put it on the ground, I can always hear this noise. Hopefully someone else has experienced something like this and can give me some advice because I'm at a loss lol.

Hi friends, I've been a hostler driver for a year and 8 months. Amazon cut the CDL program shortly after I started and then just decided recently to send me to get mine.

I have everything down, pre-trip in and out, straight backing, I've even already driven on the road. I don't know what it is about offset but it is killing me. It doesn't help the school they've sent me to is awful, you're basically fighting to get in the day cab all day. Not enough vehicles, not enough instructors, half the time they'll start coaching you to do a maneuver and then walk off to help someone else. The instructors are teaching two separate ways and then arguing with each other about it.

I'm just feeling alot of pressure because I have this week and next week to get and down and pass, otherwise I get kicked off the TOM Team regardless off the fact I've went this long without a CDL. Any and all advice would be appreciated, I'm really just struggling to understand when and where to turn. The place I'm driving is literally just a gravel pit so I have no other visual markers than the cones.

Hi friends, I've been a hostler driver for a year and 8 months. Previously my company required you get CDL, but they ended up cutting that program. Fast forward to recently and they finally decided to send me to get my CDL.

I have everything down, pre-trip in and out, straight backing, I've even already driven on the road. I don't know what it is about offset but it is killing me. It doesn't help the school they've sent me to is awful, you're basically fighting to get in the day cab all day. Not enough vehicles, not enough instructors, half the time they'll start coaching you to do a maneuver and then walk off to help someone else. The instructors are teaching two separate ways and then arguing with each other about it.

I'm just feeling alot of pressure because I have this week and next week to get and down and pass, otherwise I get kicked off the transportation team regardless off the fact I've went this long without a CDL. Any and all advice would be appreciated, I'm really just struggling to understand when and where to turn. The place I'm driving is literally just a gravel pit so I have no other visual markers than the cones.