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Vivid Dreams

JuniperFromGallifrey

Does everyone else here have really vivid dreams? I'm in my 40s. They haven't ceased. They're intricate and colourful and sometimes creepy and like an entire movie. There's always so many people! How is this possible?? How do I see all these intricacies and faces and these elaborate structures or interiors. Sometimes I wish I could convey them when I wake up because they're so vivid but... just out of reach. I used to log them years ago.

Do all autists think in pictures? Is this a particular marker of ASD or are these things which all Children experience which seem to fade with age. 

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  • I have ultra real dreams too - they are as real as my real life and they load themselves into memory as real events - I have to work out the reality afterwards from context for documented history.   

    I've never bought property in France but in my dreams I've inspected many old cottages and barns - with the dust and smells and tastes in my mouth - even one that was a converted butchers that smelled of old blood and the walls were yellow because of the absorbed goose fat.

    I've been in numerous wars and been shot and killed many times.

    I've been to lots of places of work that don't exist and been in situations with friends that are not possible.

    They all load as 'real' memories.

    Things can get confusing. Smiley

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  • I have ultra real dreams too - they are as real as my real life and they load themselves into memory as real events - I have to work out the reality afterwards from context for documented history.   

    I've never bought property in France but in my dreams I've inspected many old cottages and barns - with the dust and smells and tastes in my mouth - even one that was a converted butchers that smelled of old blood and the walls were yellow because of the absorbed goose fat.

    I've been in numerous wars and been shot and killed many times.

    I've been to lots of places of work that don't exist and been in situations with friends that are not possible.

    They all load as 'real' memories.

    Things can get confusing. Smiley

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  • in reply to Plastic

    I have this too and it gets really confusing.

    I have the ones which are places and occurances that aren't possible but I also have really mundane ones, e.g. being completely convinced I've completed a piece of work because I did it in a dream and have the memory of doing it or dreaming an entire week of completely normal school and then having my internal calendar thrown off.

    Working out the reality can take a while and I've had to use text messages a lot to verify if conversations and interactions ever actually happened. 

    I'm so glad someone else experiences this