Are you autistic in your dreams?

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now heres the thing, yes and no. yes because I am always me in my dreams, never someone else. but no because everyone else in my dreams (if they arn't real people) think like me and react to things how i expect them to, so technically within that dream i am normal as everyone is like me, as i cant seem to create normal people in my head unless they already exist....even then my head never gets them right as i cant imagine how they work in their heads

Interesting question. From the dreams that I'm able to remember, I still am autistic and have problems expressing myself. I can recall having thoughts in the dreamworld that I'd have in real life (such as paranoia and whatnot), however in the dream, people I'd like to be associated with "accept me" for who I am and I actually have some sort of relationship with them.

The inability to express myself (both in the dream and real life) most likely stems from (aside from anxiety) the fact that I hate my voice. My voice is fairly monotone, and when I try to be expressive it sounds "off" (even I can sense it, don't need to see people's reaction to know its weird) ... which I guess is why my whole life I've "chosen" to limit how much I speak. And when I am forced to speak, my voice sounds raspy and I stutter, eventually start slurring as well when my voice clears up. It sucks. I hadn't realized that this hatred of my voice even translates to the dream world lol.

In fantasies, I'm NT though; I don't think of anything too "out there" but they're essentially the same as my dreams, except I can effectively communicate.

Often I am autistic- I think. In certain dreams, I have been completely nonverbal, and this caused frustration, maybe anger too.

I've actually never thought about that. When I think about it, I don't fear looking at people in crowds in my dreams.

Nice to see this thread revived. I've actually thought of it lately. Since my post in January 2014 when I posted the below quote, I've had a few dreams where I talk to someone and am extremely awkward. I won't look up at all and just stare down at the ground and say in the course of the dialogue that I have autism, sometimes more using it as an excuse to not even try, sometimes actually being like that for real in the dream and trying to explain.

That makes little sense, one dreams what one dreams. When I tell my mother about some of my dreams, she sometimes says "what an imagination!" It's not that she doesn't believe me, but she seldom remembers her own dreams. Some of the ones she did, was fairly imaginative too though.

I've had quite a few dream adventures and nightmares. In my last one I was threatened by a shadow people man.

I too have dreams where I just see a story unfold and am not part of it, just watching it.

And of course, sometimes my dreams are just boring mixup of real things like making dinner or something uninteresting like that.

I really like the dreams that are about adventure and excitement, even if they are nightmares, they are fun tio think back at once I'm awake. When I was writing stories when I was younger, my dreams inspired some of my stories.

Yes I have bad dreams sometimes about trying to read peoples faces or my "secret" coming out.

Yup yup what dreams I do remember are so sureal but it feels totally normal at the time.
One I do vividly remember was standing on my front porch and looking across the road at the other side being torched beyond recognition but my side of the street sayed intact, people were trying to talk to me but no sound came out, I just shurgged and looked on.
It's amazing how there seem to be no limits to subconsious imagination, especially from some of your peep's dreams stories too.

Over the last month I've had a couple of dreams where I figured something hugely important out - like a 'holey s#@* that's it!! !' revliation, a feeling of obtaining the answer to a problem. I've woken up instantly forgetting what the answer is and it's left me pondering for the day on what the heck it could be and why doesn't my brain want to share it with me anyways.

I've had dreams like that too, and I never remember what the insight was.

I remember a few dreams where I have had sensory problems and I am certainly no less socially awkward in dreams too.

An autistic brain continues to be autistic when in dream state, of course.

exactly, but technically you arn't, as your a social normal in your dream. the characters/people around you and the environment that your in are created by your mind, so they all react and behave how you see as "normal" and since your normal is how you act, you are technically acting like what that reality considers a normal person, so are therefore not.



confusing haha

i had a dream where everyone was screaming once........i dont want that one again