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Eh, we're all different and dream differently. What happens to one person doesn't always happen to another!

I guess what happened with me was I was a little kid and didn't see very much or live long enough and that might be why I kept having the same dream though I didn't have it every single night. But when I lived more years, my brain developed more, and I got to see more places and things, those dreams I had of Martin Luther King or whoever that Mustached man was slowed down. Unfortunately I still still had nightmares of MLK tickling me but they were different, my last one happened when I was 10!

But the variety of my dreams have gotten wider!

Well I guess I still have recurring dreams, but they're not repeating dreams like I had when I was 1 or 2-4 years old! (Yes I can remember some dreams I had back when I was 2! Don't get jealous, I didn't like some of them!) But my recurring dreams are as I said of me still being in school, and college, and forgetting to do my homework by its due date, or not remembering where my class is! Or me still living under my parents rules, being bossed around by them, going along with things, etc. Sometimes though I was aware of what was going on and did have the courage to stand up to my parents, try to resist them, even walk out on them (in my dreams!) Still I hear you on the annoyance!

I think reading your post helped me explain myself better!

To everyone reading, I made my own dream post by the way viewtopic.php?t=398635 I'm hoping to get some comments to that.

Thats fascinating. Never did that. Never even heard of that type of dreaming before.

Have heard of "recurring dreams" which are not quite the same thing. I dont have recurring dreams. Though similar images, recur in my dreams. When I was a child I would fall off tall buildings all of the time, or get squashed in somekind of big machine. As a grown up celebs reappear in dreams- years ago it was Eric Clapton. Recently Taylor Swift appears now and again.

I dont know if the type of dreaming you're talking about is anyway autistic. But aspies/autistic do have a certain kind of recall. People are amazed that I remember conversations I had with them years before (dosnt seem to be amazing to me). And a certain famous jazz musician of the Fifites (whom I suspect was aspie) would finish sentences that he started years earlier when he re met the person he started the conversation with years later.

Haha... my husband HATES that I can do that. He says that I remember everything that he has ever said to me, and he's not far wrong.

But do you also remember those dreams during the day? Or do they only come to you as you are starting to fall aeep?

I've had those rare few sleep dreams where I feel I'm mostly neurotypical (NT) - readily interacting with familiar people beyond small-talk.

Personally, objectives to boost social-skills beyond small-talk might possibly have been symbolized via sleep dreams.

What's most amazing is these sleep dreams didn't seem based on any real-life experiences - go figure!

ADDENDUM: Why the lack of interest on Autism Spectrum sleep-dreams feeling very NT-like? Descriptions of such dreams would seem like that "goldmine of sorts" here on WP!!

^^ I have a friend who pays a lot of attention to his dreams, and has lost touch with reality.

AS dreams feeling NT-like usually stem from real-life experiences.

Picking up from the last dream I’ve had is something I’ve experienced alot of. I have action packed dreams that almost always involve me not running away/flying from threat(people wanting to harm me ….) and desperately trying to find my way home but never being able to. Sometimes, I’m rescuing babies/children from the same threat and desperately trying to keep them safe with me. Something I learned last week … never sleep, having consumed Seeded bread(with poppy seeds) and any amount of alcohol no matter how small … !

Anybody try remembering sleep dreams where one feels NT-like?

Dream descriptions of feeling NT-like might just be of interest here on WP!

That is meaningless. To "feel NT" in a dream. I always "feel NT" awake or asleep, even though I am diagnosed aspergers.

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Seems about right. ASD rarely features at all in my dreams. The plots of my dreams don't normally include any situations where my autism might be thrown into relief. I suppose it's kind of surprising, given that I think about ASD on most days while I'm awake - dreams usually consist of the things we've been experiencing and thinking about.