But you do dream and you do recall your dreams. Because of that I believe that becoming lucid might be difficult for you - yet not impossible.
Yup- i reached same conclusion- it's why i'm here, trying, "dreaming the impossible dream".
2. Is emotional motivation necessary for lucidity? I'm not sure about that - but I suspect it to be at least quite useful.
Without a way to shut off your affect temporarily i suspect you're unable to know how essential it is, but of course, yes, i could be wrong.
On the other hand emotions can really get in the way of lucidity - waking up from excitement, losing control over the dream scene, not being able to lucid dream because of frustration. Your lack of emotion could give you an advantage that the rest of us don't have.
You may be right, but if i can't jump-start lucidity to begin with, any such advantage is null and void.
3. Visualization abilities - I know at least one forum member who has aphantasia and still manages to lucid dream.
Interesting- there's hope yet.
From the moment I started researching lucidity, one specific set of abilities frequently popped up in my mind - abilities that I believe to be one major factor when it comes to learning how to lucid dream: the executive functions and memory.
I don't know how the executive functions are affected by your type of autism. But take a look:
- Are you able to set yourself goals? Set goals sure, accomplish them, NO.
(far too motivation-stunted, stimuli-oversensitive distracted.
- Are you able to operate strategically in order to achieve a goal? No.
- Are you able to plan your actions? (you're repeating yourself)
- Are you able to solve problems? (cognitively, sure)
- Are you able to focus and concentrate on a specific task? I have the attention-span of a drunk cat (translation, only in short bursts).
- Can you set yourself priorities? not sure what you mean by that.
- Do you have an intact working memory? yes
- Do you have control over your behavior? Can i restrain impulsivity? Yes.
- Are you able to observe your actions? of course
- Are you able to self-reflect? I think you already know.
- Are you patient? I have nothing else but patience.
With your approach I suggest that you set on your strengths. Your cognitive abilities and your dedication. The pre-made recipes cannot help you - so you have to find your own recipe. By constant analyzing, deducting, re-thinking.
Sounds swell, but it hasn't worked out real well for me so far.
One thing that I want to ask you though - in order to understand better: how does having zero conscious awareness affect you in your daily life?
I assume you mean awareness of emotion (otherwise i'd be comatose). Overall it just makes me an irritable stimuli-aversive cold fish.
And what I'm wondering is - even though you're austic you had lucid dreams when you were younger. What has changed?[/quote].
I have read that dopamine drops with age, that the right lobe shrinks faster that the left, and that static surrounds spell increased left lobe activity. Finally, while autism may intellectually liberate, character-logically it strait-jackets.
If you have any concrete/practical suggestions i'd love to hear them. Otherwise i'm assuming, like all of us in our varying ways, i'm just stuck.