Vivid Imaginary Life (i.e. Am I nuts?)

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I know this will sound like a strange question but I'm trying to figure this out. Since I was in middle / high school, I'd end up imagining myself into stories or movies, shows, video games, etc. and being apart of that world and craft a life in that thing. Much like how kids play pretend when they are little.



I'm in my mid twenties and I still do this/ find myself day dreaming at work sometimes. This imaging will help me fall asleep at night as well. I'm currently working through Tony Atwell's "Complete Guide to Aspburgers" and he points out that in one Aspie child, the child would live in this fantasy world and tell his mother stories about it. Is this something other Aspies/ HFA have experienced or am I just being strange/weird/crazy?

That sounds a lot like me. I always like to imagine myself in different books, shows, and movies. I am also in my twenties and I do it still. My therapist insists it isn't weird for people with an ASD to do this. I have my own little world I like to escape to and I have a lot of friends there and a romantic partner and a family and I love being there.

I dunno, it sounds fairly normal and I think I do the same. Daydreaming and escapism seem natural when you are not happy with your current station in life I think.

Yeah, I do this, as well. I wanted, SO BADLY, to attend Hogwarts, and be friends with Ginnie, Tonks, and the rest. Before this, I remember wanting to be friends with The Sacketts (Louis L'Amour). There's an awful lot of years between the two, and I'm sure there were other times, but these two come-to-mind, right now.

I don't think there's anything wrong with it----I'm thinking it just has to do with our being creative, maybe, or because we think in pictures, or something like that.

I do it too. It was really bad in middle and high school times(I sort of believed some of those stuff are possible, such as getting a letter from Hogwart or getting abducted by aliens ) but even now I often find myself daydreaming how it would be to I live in a world from a book or movie I read recently.

Normal thing.
Some people must escape in fantasy world in order to stay sane.

Actually the imaginary play in middle school prevented me from committing suicide and cured me from social phobia. I would be dead or miserable now if I didn't escape in fantasy world back then. Even bullying stopped once I convinced myself I am an incarnated demon and people bully me because they can sense I am not human(but I couldn't tell them I am a demon because I knew they would take me for crazy if I did because demons don't exist in this world - I only "had demonic soul", I knew I am not an actual demon). 8th grade syndrome FTW!
Man... it gives me nostalgia. It was an awesome time.