Sexual Abuse Support Group
Sexual abuse is a relative cultural term used to describe sexual relations and behavior between two or more parties which are considered criminally and/or morally offensive. Different types of sexual abuse involve: Non-consensual, forced physical sexual behavior such as rape, incest or sexual assault, or psychological forms of abuse, such as verbal sexual behavior or...
I don't understand this but I have nightmares reacurring about a man breaking in and chasing me and I hide in the closet sometimes he finds me and hurts me other times I wake up. I have these nightmares alot more often than flashbacks and the flashbacks I rearly have at night sleeping I have those more in the day. But in my past being repeatedly raped by a neighbor who was older than me it didn't have anything to do with a break in. Is this nightmare about not feeling safe or what does it mean. Anyone else have this happen or am I alone?
Have you ever started off going to sleep by thinking of other things that maybe are a place you feel happy? I have in the past had bad dreams where I have had to do that.
Blessings to you!
i have been told to write them down and then change it to something positive and the read out loud everynight...and i have been doing this for awhile and i still have the dream but it is having less of an ill affect on me and i am now able to go right back to sleep ....so it worked for me but it may not for others...but i deifinately know how you feel
ie: If you dream you die in a dream, it doesn't mean you are going to die, but more likely a reflection of a recent loss that feels like a death.....a divorce, losing a job, health deterioration, etc.
So it seems to me, you are re-living the trapped and helpless feeling of an unwanted intruder. Which would be the first thing you would feel before actually being abused.
If you can deal with that first part, you may also have the feelings of the next part come up. Which is why some people stay stuck in the first part. To avoid the next part. But if you manage to work through it, eventually, you will be free from it, and it will have NO MORE control over you, or hinderance in your life. That is the goal of triumphing over evil.