Dunno what the heck just happened...advice..raped in dream

[buzzcock]

I just had this horrible dream that some guy was molesting me..he looked homeless/addict but had lots of arms and stuck fingers inside me painfully..when I woke up it was so vivid and my body was in real pain that wore off a few minutes later...inside my anus was pain..I dunno howto avoid more dreams or protect myself better in them. Just weirded out right now.

[IA56]

Hi buzzcock,

Our body has restored everything what has happened it...what the mind has forgotten and blocked out because of it´s carastheristics...by dreams they start to raise from the unconsiousness to be processed first in dream to give heads up so the chock will be as small as possible.
It do not always has to be true happening..it can also be something your fear so much that it will feel physically pain in your body...
So be brave and face it to be sure what it is....fear or a real happening from your childhood...ask your parents if you have bean sick or hospitalized as an infant....

I send love and curage your way.

Love
ia

[CFTraveler]

Hi buzzcock. Sometimes when you're dreaming, something will happen in your body and your dreaming mind will construct a scenario that explains or describes what it thinks is causing the sensation. In science it's called 'confabulation' and I've had it happen various times. Especially with the sensation of being touched or physical pain.
I'm 99% sure that this is what happened with you.
BTW, I've had the same type of physical pain that you described, even had a colonoscopy to check it out. If you're young it probably was something innocuous like nerve pain, if you're older than 40, you might want to get it checked out by a gastroenterologist.