Woke up with same pain from PTSD nightmare

CW: SA

Does anyone else experience having dreams of being SA’d and waking up and physically feeling the same pain as you do when you’ve been assaulted?

I feel like I never sleep anymore, because I’m constantly met with these repetitive dreams. I wake up in pain and distressed and the only thing that helps is smoking before bed to prevent dreaming. I never have even had a positive dream, my whole life has been these dreams since childhood (when a majority of abuse occurred) and its bizarre to think some people get to have good dreams and wake up well rested.

Posted Jul 4, 2026, 6:31 PM UTC

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