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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 get quite vivid nightmares reasonably often. Usually stress related. The other night we had a bonfire and then I dreamt I was in a burning down house and just having a calm conversation about it, not leaving. When I was a kid I used to always dream about spinning around and not being able to stop, or floating away into the air and not being able to get down. And sometimes I get sort of cinematic dreams too, that I still remember years later.

    I'd be interested if there is an explainable link between ASD and vivid dreams.

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  • I get quite vivid nightmares reasonably often. Usually stress related. The other night we had a bonfire and then I dreamt I was in a burning down house and just having a calm conversation about it, not leaving. When I was a kid I used to always dream about spinning around and not being able to stop, or floating away into the air and not being able to get down. And sometimes I get sort of cinematic dreams too, that I still remember years later.

    I'd be interested if there is an explainable link between ASD and vivid dreams.

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