Woke up with same pain from PTSD nightmare
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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