How to sleep when you're an Aspie?

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I had horrible insomnia when I was younger. I solved it through sleep training and now I have no trouble falling asleep. Even when I'm stressed or anxious. It's a long process but worth it to not need any drugs.

I keep myself up by talking to myself. I don't have insomnia, but I always feel that I need to get every little thought out into words and I literally talk about my thoughts to myself. I think to myself, "Why do I need to do this?!"

I sometimes go on rants as if I'm lecturing a class (Of course, Wrong Planet is the only place I'm comfortable telling this to anyone).

While NT's can be talked to sleep, it keeps me up. I can never fall asleep as fast as anyone I know. It takes me an average 2 hours to fall asleep, so I don't have insomnia, but I just can't get to sleep like an NT would

Accidental double post...

Maintaining my ritual (including diet), pressure and tactile stimming almost always work for me.

Okay, here's what I do...it doesn't always work, but sometimes I have some luck with it.

I play that game "I'm going to the grocery store and I'm going to buy....."

A - Apples
B - Bananas
C - Cantaloupe

and so on....

If that get's boring I start from Z and go backwards. If I'm sick of "grocery shopping" in my mind, I'll go to the Auto Parts store, which is super boring for me, and I'll start "buying" auto parts in alphabetical order. Last night I went to the mall and went to different stores that started with A,B,C,D...etc. That was really boring because I hate shopping, and it helped me to fall asleep a few times (I wake up constantly too).