An autistic person (high functioning & friendly sort), who had given up the bad acquired habit of lying to cover up uncomfortable situations/feelings, once had a very vivid dream involving a man she hardly knew at the time--she'd only spoken with him twice at that point and not for long. It was not a sexual dream. She told the dream to her husband, but had to stop when he began to tease her about a quite big crush on the guy. He never stopped teasing her about it when she had short appts. to see him. It very soon got to the point where she never said a word about him again, till the husband became anxious and started saying the guy liked HER. He used the guy's actions as "proof" & her dream & compliance as proof she liked him. Her self-confidence in social sitches was improving, so she didn't immediately quit going to him--she thought her husband knew better. She did quit after nearly leaving HIM for his bad behavior. He STILL teases. ARE autistic's dreams LITERAL?? I say NO.
2006-09-02 00:39:39 · 3 answers · asked by *babydoll* 6 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
I am an autistic person I have vivid dreams all the time. I believe the vast majority of dreams are just your brain trying to process what is going on around you, and autistic people tend to have delayed processing, or miss out on processing certain things. So when an autistic person sleeps, it is not going to be uncommon for him or her to have vivid dreams that are realisitic.
An autistic person will also be likely to attatch feelings to professionals that are maybe a bit stronger than they should be. Figuring out proper boundaries and maintaining them with professionals is very difficult when that inner compass is off even by a bit.
The last thing to remember is that autistic people, when thye don't marry other autistic people, often end up married to bullies, who want nothing more than someone to control. These bullies sense the inability of an autitsic person to set personal boundaires and are attracted to that. Teasing is cruel, it is a way of putting yourself above someone, and not taking responsibilty for your cruelty, because after all, I was just kidding.
If the autistic woman mentioned wants to exchange emails, click on my pic and send me a message.
2006-09-02 04:57:18 · answer #1 · answered by n_of49p 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Dreams are always symbolic, and no one should read too deeply into them. The husband needs to get over it.
2006-09-02 07:48:15 · answer #2 · answered by marbledog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this the first chapter of your book? You might consider submitting it to Harlingen.
2006-09-02 08:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by Colorado 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋