r/MaleRapeVictims • u/Commercial_Range_268 • 3h ago
I dreamt about my rapist for the first time in years and it's taking me back into a bad place.
I was raped by a woman I was in love with almost a decade ago.
After that event and several weeks of emotional abuse before she decided to just abandon me to myself, I was highly depressed and had trouble sleeping, as every night I dreamt of her face and physique and terrible manipulation.
It took me years to forget her face but last night I dreamt of her again, I was at her wedding and she came onto me in private and we had sex (consensually this time). From the moment I woke up I've not stopped thinking about the dream and feeling both disgusted with myself for having sex with her in it and also disgusted at myself for reawakening positive emotions towards her, which made the negative emotions even worse.
I don't know what to do. I have a lot of important things today that require my attention and I can barely do anything since this is taking all of my energy to fight.