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Imaginary Repeat Scenarios

NAS61891

This may have nothing to do with my autism, but as it's impossible to find anything like this on searches, I thought I'd share.

Each night before I sleep, as my head hits the pillow, I imagine one of two scenarios; I'm either on the run from both criminals and the police and can trust neither and have found a safe haven, or I'm stuck in poor weather conditions in the Cairngorms and again have found a shack to provide safety til the morning.

Unlike some people with autism, who like weighted blankets, I usually can't stand covers on me, especially this time of the year. I just wondered if these scenarios could be my equivalent of that need for a cover as such, a small, safe enclosure, albeit in my mind.

I'll re-visit these same scenarios every night. I don't have a problem sleeping, but imagining either of these immediately ensures I'll be asleep in minutes.

I acknowledge it's a bit of an odd one, and might just be me and who I am, I just thought it might be autism related on the basis of its repetition, the need for security etc. and the fact that there's a degree of immaturity around it.

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  • It sounds like you're self-programming your dreams to give you a sense of security.    Same dream = safety.  No unwanted dreams spoiling your routine.

    And we do like routine!

  • in reply to Plastic

    I think I concur, but just to clarify these aren't dreams, they are pre-sleep thoughts.

  • in reply to NAS61891

    Yes - but you're in the habit of controlling your thoughts to a comfortable, known place.   What happens if you're somewhere else - on a friend's sofa or on holiday somewhere?    What happens if your too tired to follow the procedure?   Where else do your dreams go?

    I take lots of meds and a side-effect is ultra-real dreams - every night is a white-knuckle ride of attacking spaceships or inspecting rural property for sale in France or trying to get off a sinking Victorian ship or having the super-power to fly or working in a place I've never been before or being the only one able to see through force-field projected by a weak army to make them look strong - why not try to imagine something else - you might enjoy it. Smiley

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  • in reply to NAS61891

    Yes - but you're in the habit of controlling your thoughts to a comfortable, known place.   What happens if you're somewhere else - on a friend's sofa or on holiday somewhere?    What happens if your too tired to follow the procedure?   Where else do your dreams go?

    I take lots of meds and a side-effect is ultra-real dreams - every night is a white-knuckle ride of attacking spaceships or inspecting rural property for sale in France or trying to get off a sinking Victorian ship or having the super-power to fly or working in a place I've never been before or being the only one able to see through force-field projected by a weak army to make them look strong - why not try to imagine something else - you might enjoy it. Smiley

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