This reminds me of the ancient 'reality check' I heard about a long time ago. I've looked it up to get it correct:
"Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly" (莊周夢蝶 Zhuāngzhōu mèng dié): One night, Zhuangzi (369 BC) dreamed that he was a carefree butterfly, flying happily. After he woke up, he wondered how he could determine whether he was Zhuangzi who had just finished dreaming he was a butterfly, or a butterfly who had just started dreaming he was Zhuangzi."
Reality is completely fluid. At it's most basic level, take a person raised in the tropics and they are wrapped in heavy coats at 45°. Take a person from the snowy mountains and they seat at 70. The perceptions, mental and physical, are real to each within their experience.
The only thing that really keeps me thinking that this is the real real....it has consistency compared to the dreams. My mind is not good enough to construct something this real.
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Diagnosed April 14, 2016
ASD Level 1 without intellectual impairments.
RAADS-R -- 213.3
FQ -- 18.7
EQ -- 13
Aspie Quiz -- 186 out of 200
AQ: 42
AQ-10: 8.8