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Does anyone still have an active imagination when you're alone? For example, when cleaning the yard after a big storm recently, I found some perfect "sword fighting" sticks and when I got alone in my room, it was no longer my room. I was in the middle of an apocalyptic battlefield and I was kicking so much *** and I really got into it. Or, I was walking up the stairs to the second floor in our house and I had my lap top under my arm. The laptop then became a gun and I was now the leader of a SWAT team, clearing rooms one by one. BTW I don't mean this literally (not a schizo =P). Also, is this normal for 18 year olds? I feel like even when I'm 50 I'll still be doing it, I hope so anyway =D. Also, REALLY sad behavior like that is looked down upon in society nowadays =(

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My 24 year old brother does that. I don't know if it is because he is aspie or what.

I can't say that this sort of thing happens often to me now, but I'm 26. I seem to recall that when I was 18, I did have quite an active imagination, in that I would often imagine entire worlds in my mind. I don't think it is strange, because none of the great fantasy and sci-fi novels would ever have been written if it wasn't for the fact some adults never lose their sense of imagination. After all, children don't tend to write great novels, do they?

I do this a lot, I am generally imagining some type of images, generally imagining company.

I'm 31 and I still do this sort of thing. I never intend to stop either because it is so fun to just let my imagination take over for a while. I can let the adult persona go and enjoy who I really am.

I have a very active imagination! It also has to do with Billy Idol! He's either my boyfriend or my husband and I live with him and we go to Disneyland and Disney's CA Adventures, and the Santa Monica Beach and Boardwalk!! Also when I'm alone or amongst people (I don't care) his CD cover is my best friend!! ! Better friend than that of a human anyway!!

I do, but I don't usually have time to really indulge it.

Sounds like fun. My imagination isn't quite powerful enough to have such a wonderful experience.

I still do things like that when I'm alone. I have a very active imagination. It's fun!

I don't know if that is an AS thing but I sure wish I could do that! Even when I am playing an imaginary game, I can't sort of see the place I am imagining... I just can't seem to do it. It makes me rather bored to be honest!

I do it all the time . It's one of my NT traits, but one I enjoy immensely! Actually, come to think of it, when i was 18, I wrote a huge amount of poetry and prose, so it may be a 'thing'.

I'm 42, and I still indulge myself that way occasionally when I'm alone in my house. I have a very vivid imagination, it's fun, and what am I hurting?

I'm curious if you don't mind explaining; why do you think it is an NT trait? My impression was that Aspies arn't supposed to be able to use imaginative play involving other people (which I'm not sure I believe), but could use it playing by themselves. I only played my imaginative games by myself as a child, and didn't really want to have anyone else join, but as a teenager/ young adult I played D&D with a group of people, as I know many others did, (I really miss that , it seems everyone "grew up" but me), and that is definetely a form of imaginative play.

I'm not into that anymore. But I don't look down on it or think it's sad. Go for it.

haha I had a problem with that when I was in high school. However, it faded off through my college years. You should try playing paintball or some type of role playing game. Im not much of a video game player, but I have to say I loved Fallout 3. Instead of letting my imagination run wild, it was a good way to concentrate it.

I don't play anymore, but I simply stand there and imagine things. It's almost always a modern but realistic battle. I'll think of places a company can set up positions, what battalion/regiment/division they'd be from, who they'd be fighting, how many people it would take to defend the area, etc.

For example, I recently plotted a battle between the 36th Infantry Division (Texas National Guard) defending south Texas from some sort of Cuban invasion. I concluded it would take the entire 72nd Brigade Combat Team to defend my subdivision and the adjacent ranch (judging by the amount of troops and length of the line), breaking troops from the RSTA Squadron and placing them on the edge of the front (which is about a mile long), and having each troop/company leave a 3rd platoon in reserve. This would require the assistance of both E and F company's from the 536th BSB to fill the gaps between company's. I even went as far as finding a weak link in the defensive line; There's two ponds next to each other with a ridgline between about 500 yards from my house that would make a perfect vantage point for suppressive fire by two infantry platoons (from B/3/141) and a heavy machine gun platoon (backed by a well placed 60mm mortar platoon about 150 yards behind the line). The problem is the line would require the left flank to position themselves at an angle (almost parrallel to the enemy's advance) and isolate the rifles on the end of the line, as well as cause a tight but exploitable 100 yard gap between B and A company's.

Terribly nerdy, no?