Asperger's and Dreams

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A lot of my dreams consist of me trying to run somewhere but I can't run or I'm running in slow motion, one time I just gave up and jumped off of a pier/boardwalk into the water and woke up lol. I've had false awakenings too. Most of the time I just have random dreams with some unusual circumstance that would be very unlikely or impossible in real life, but I can never remember them once I've been awake for more that a minute or two Then there's the ones where I can't talk, and those where I am driving a car underwater... I'm gonna stop now. Lol

I am intrigued as I was just thinking about if having Aspergers could make my dreams different yesterday. I was thinking about how my best friend found my dreams to be very different from hers, since I was always dreaming about something more real. Like when I get stressed, I am back in high school taking a test, typing a paper last minute, lost in a building, scared of an ocean wave, or something like that. even if the building is unusual in my dream, I often return to the same settings in many dreams. I actually was naked in my dream the other night but it was not a source of embarrassment, but rather (I felt) symbolic of me being open and honest with others about my feelings, or something like that. I am not sure at all if the differences that arise between my dreams and those of other people I know have to do with AS or more with just different personalities, etc.

as an aspie,i rarely talk about mne,based on how vivid they can be

I believe the majority of the dreams I experience are abstract creations; images, sounds and feelings playing out like a reel without active participation. I wonder whether these only appear abstract in my memory however because of recollection issues, they tend to 'slip away' when I wake up. Otherwise I tend to dream scenarios that often find common ground in that my role is to solve an unpleasant problem.
A while ago, one such dream involved trying to rid a room full of huge, invisible spiders hanging from the ceiling (as you do), and a few nights previously I had another where I was trying to open a series of locked doors that I knew some cult had left murdered victims hidden behind. Overall I'm sure my brain's favourite sleep-based activity is plagiarising various sources of horror and crime fiction I've been exposed to.

Lately, my dreams have been pretty bad. I dream about being hospitalized and being put away somewhere.

It's as if I lead a double life. One in the waking world and one in the dream world. My dreams usually begin where the last one left off. I've seen events and places in my dreams that eventually would play themselves out in my life for real. I've also gotten warnings from deceased relatives.

I have very intense dreams and after waking up I need sometimes five or more minutes to realize that the dream didn't actually happen. Even if the dream was complete nonsense.

Can dream with thought stopping.

I have to keep making myself go to sleep, or it's just a nap.

I used to have dreams about my old friends leaving me or excluding me, back when that was a fear of mine due to us starting our courses at different universities

I have studied inductions, because I wanted to go on joy rides, but have kept getting messages of a religious or prophetic nature.

I think, I am overstimulated, or there is a lot of emotional trauma, which I am not dealing with, in my conscious life.

As I am half awake, I have a sublingual, verbal dialog about the meaning of it, and get clear answers.

I have meant to do something stupid, or just get some rest, but am getting useful ideas.

I've had dreams where I realized I was dreaming. In one, I was at a store and I took everything I was going to buy and asked the cashier if they could put it back because I was going to wake up soon.