sisterinsurvival
Silver Member
I stopped dreaming after I was raped and sexually abused at the ages of 26-27. I am a CSA survivor who has dissociative PTSD. I have dreamed very little over these twenty years, yet I was a vivid dreamer up to this point despite my childhood trauma. My stress has done anything but get worse. I have been in counseling and now therapy for the past 11 years. I began EMDR with a new therapist at the end of October. The two memories I have worked on have been very stressing, and I have begun to recall memories...not bad memories...just memories in general from my childhood in particular. I have blanked out and disconnected from my past including both good and and bad memories which is, in itself, very sad. Losing the good because of the bad is harrowing. Is dissociating while sleeping possible? Yes, I think it's entirely feasible. I compartmentalize my existence, why could my mind not do it in dream state?
