Is it common for other aspies to daydream and fantasize?
I do that a lot.
That's the most common thing for me to do when I am walking outside. I really enjoy it. The only bad thing is that it makes me very ignorant about my environment, so people get angry when I don't realize/recognize and greet them.
Oh yes, when I am not making dialogues or scenarios about people I know I am doing it with stuff relating to my interests, but that doesn't only include for example dialogues with fictional characters, but also general thoughts about my interests.
I don't usually do that, the dialogues are only in my head, but I tend to do facial expressions and hand gestures relating to the dialogues in my head.
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I don't usually do that, the dialogues are only in my head, but I tend to do facial expressions and hand gestures relating to the dialogues in my head.
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I shouldn't have used the word 'whisper', I actually meant moving my face as if I was talking, but with no audible component , perhaps mouthing the words would be more accurate.
It's one of those things I don't realise I'm doing, then I realise and I cringe inside incase I was seen.
^^There's nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't daydream too much. Everything in moderation.
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+1 to the daydreaming crew lol! A lot of the time if I know I will have to have a specific conversation about something with someone, I find I will end up imagining how it will go over and over in my mind first, slightly different each time - almost as if I'm rehearsing for every possible outcome ahead of time.
Another very common one for me, as a guitar-aholic, is that any time I hear a bit of music that I like, I will immediately move into almost a 'virtual reality' in my head, where I have a guitar to hand and can work that bit of music out. Or else, I will have just created the music in my head in the first place too (like a stage 1 daydream) and then really like what I've come up with, so then I do the VR guitar thing (stage 2) to work it out so I can remember it better for later.
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When I was a child, I was a HUGE daydreamer to the point, one of my teachers thought I was deaf. I wasn't deaf. I just wasn't present. I used to like to look out the window and my mind would be somewhere else.
These days, I still daydream but mostly, I just find my mind ambles along thinking about whatever comes it's way and my thoughts just run off by themselves. I come up with some good things and solutions to things this way. I don't force my thoughts. It's just like free falling and things/thoughts come and go. It's a very relaxing state to be in.
Sometimes, my mind is just blank. No thoughts at all and I find that very relaxing as well.
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I don't usually do that, the dialogues are only in my head, but I tend to do facial expressions and hand gestures relating to the dialogues in my head.
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It's the same for me. I don't count that as daydreaming as it's coping mechanism, and as much as it's away to prepare, there is nothing enjoyable about it.
i once skimmed through an article about maladaptive daydreaming where it said it could be used as a strength, in order to prepare for daily tasks. As if! They're not the same at all.
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I can see sound as different coloured light when I close my eyes.
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I'm constantly daydreaming and fantasizing. I've been often told that I seem to be in "my own little world" and I have many alternate universes in my head.
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^I am? Are you interested? I can try to describe what some sounds look like. Not surprisingly, the sound of dentist drills are harsh red light. People talking looks like many varying forms of light, and if people are worried or upset, it's sort of confused grey. Running water is usually white-light blue. If I get hurt for whatever reason and close my eyes, the pain looks like red and blue fireworks. Clock ticking looks like something pulsing, and I don't like it one bit. Any requests?
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I fantasize about that kind of stuff all the time.
I fantasize about my 'imaginary', friends like that.
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That's the most common thing for me to do when I am walking outside. I really enjoy it. The only bad thing is that it makes me very ignorant about my environment, so people get angry when I don't realize/recognize and greet them.
That happens to me a lot.
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