> I dreamed every night that a different man raped me. In excruciating detail, I dreamed myself being raped by my closest friends, men I have loved and trusted,

> I dreamed every night that a different man raped me. In excruciating detail, I dreamed myself being raped by my closest friends, men I have loved and trusted, my family, and men I have purely imagined. Faithfully, every night, men would sink into my dreams and find me. Each night was a new and complex scenario... I kind of wonder sometimes when a person is exposed to trauma, how much of the resulting issues are due to that event, and how much are due to the removal of the illusion of the false safety and control our minds create... With the latter brining out deeper weaknesses, fears, and physiological issues that were simply covered up.