Reoccurring dreams of being drugged and raped. PLEASE help(kind of disturbing beware)

[ladyc]

I have had reoccurring dreams of being drugged and raped for a year or so now. Each one is different, though there are many similarities; I always get drugged somehow, the man or men are strangers and I've never seen them before, they're extremely vivid, and once I tear myself out of the dream I'm unable to move and still seem to be in that drug-induced state for a few minutes. It's frightening and I don't understand why they keep coming back to me. ANY help would be appreciated I just want an understanding or something close to it.

One I had, I woke up and could still feel the pain of what they had done to me throughout my body.In that dream I was drugged at a party then gang-raped.
Last night I had one. I didn't recognize the man but in my dream I knew him and trusted him. He drugged me, I woke up tied up with covers over me, and once I realized this my conscious mind jerked awake and I tore myself from the dream, but I was stuck in a paralyzed for a minute or so.

I've heard that being paralyzed after a dream is typically normal, but what does that mean? What is going on psychologically or physiologically? These happen to me quite often and I think an understanding of whats going on would allow me to control it more.

Thank you for anybody's help. In art and arms.
-Chandler

[Sowelu]

Hiya Chandler!

The human condition has certain archetypal patterns of relationship to it that have been the case for most, if not all, of human history. Those patterns of relationship are first energetic, meaning they exist within the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical energies of a person, male or female. There are general consistencies from person to person, which is how the term "human condition" applies. Humanity is "conditioned" to relate to their various energies in certain ways.

Rape is one such archetype that is prevalent. Not necessarily the physical kind (though it is far more common than most tend to realize), but the energetic kind within the self. We "overpower" one part of us with another, and think it's ok. The most common "rape" in energies in self is the mind overpowering all other bodies (emotional, spiritual, physical)... through beliefs. But it gets it power to do this through our fears, which go unnoticed, deep inside. Fear fuels belief.

Beliefs, btw, are simply mentally formed ideas that we emotionally cling to out of fear because we don't actually KNOW. We hope what we believe is true… and we're afraid it isn't. This is the energetic reality of beliefs. They are borne of our ignorance which frightens us. Beliefs are fueled by fear. When we KNOW... we no longer need to believe. Through experience, which eliminates our ignorance and our fear, we come to know life. Directly. We then no longer need to have beliefs about life, because we know it directly.

So beliefs of all kinds tend to "rape us" of the truth. The fact of this energetic reality is often played out or manifests in the physical arena eventually... though it needn't if one can gain a true understanding and rectify the energetic circumstance within, first.

Life, in its unimpeded flow, is love (not the sentiment, but rather the unconditional essence of Source moving into form at this level). It is inherently intelligent and supportive of all in existence, without prejudice.

Humanity, on the other hand, holds onto prejudice, basically (again, beliefs – preferred ideas about what is, invested in over what actually is that we're afraid to know). This has stopped up the natural flow of life force energy into our lives. It begins early in our ignorance, and builds to fear rather quickly. At this stage of human evolution there is a great deal of fear that is mistaken for love, and of course lots of just plain fear.

When I use the word fear, I do not necessarily mean shaking in your boots afraid. I mean... any motivating force in ourselves that directs life according to some bias. Most humans let life in only on mentally considered, controlling terms. Most of us want life to go a certain way, want people to behave a certain way, want certain things to be true and others to be untrue... all of this is based in fear, though we rarely understand that.

To rectify this situation, we have our feelings, still there, hidden deep within. They are an incredible resource for healing. IF – and it's a big "if" for some – if we allow our feelings to be felt, and if we allow them to "speak" to us without censor, we can clear up the false assumptions we keep making that essentially rape us of the truth. Instead we tend to "shut up" our feelings, control them, deny them, ignore them… and believe things others say, or what our society or church tells us… and this is us, raping ourselves.

Thus the very physical condition of women being raped by men throughout history in every culture. It is a symbolic/energetic reality that has been actualized into form. I say it that way because men, too, are being raped, energetically. Their feeling self (feminine aspect) is overpowered by their mental selves (masculine aspect), too. It's just that... in order to manifest an energetic display of this truth into human form... the symbolic accuracy is that a female is raped by a male.

SO… rape in a dream is often symbolic of this very idea. Not that one is physically going to be raped, but that one is RAPING THEMSELVES at an energetic level, with ideas, beliefs and insistences regarding self and life and others... that is not natural or unconditionally loving. If it goes unchecked, this energetic reality in self can manifest or actualize into physicality, eventually. But it doesn't have to, by any means.

When our essence, psyche, Soul, what-have-you is trying to impress the importance of this dynamic on us, we may well dream of rape. It's shocking, disturbing and we can't forget it easily. That's... the point.

Somewhere in your self, and therefore likely somewhere in your relationships in life, you are allowing a certain kind of energetic raping to occur, that needs to be realized and rectified.

The fact that you do not know the men who rape you indicates that you are not yet aware of which beliefs, thoughts, assumptions, attitudes and behaviors of yours - that you currently accept as "the way it is" - are so damaging to the rest of you. In other words, it's time to wake up to this energetic dynamic in self, and the first step is to acknowledge that something is definitely not ok. Step two is to look to how you truly feel about anything. Rather than trying to adjust your feelings to fit the society you live in, honor how you truly feel first, and dismiss those beliefs and assumptions and attitudes that do not serve your truth or do not honor you.

Gang rape might indicate "group beliefs" that do not honor all of who you are. Or it could point to "what society (essentially a gang) expects of everyone", which does not honor the uniqueness of each individual. Trying to tow the line of socially acceptable things is often one of the most prevalent forms of raping the self we do, frankly. This society, which is facing great change right now on the planet, was formed from fear. It's time to return to love. And love… honors all of who we are. Not just those portions currently seen as "right", "good", "proper", "useful", etc.

Being drugged, btw, is often a way of symbolically revealing that you are numbing yourself. It may seem like others do it TO you, but you allow it or it couldn't happen. One way we "drug ourselves" is by looking outward for answers in life and taking on the beliefs, habits, rituals and teachings of others, rather than going inward and finding our own, authentic wisdom. So first you allow a numbing or glazing over of the fact that you're your own font of wisdom about everything in your life, and in the doing, take on beliefs or behaviors or assumptions that further rape you of the opportunity to rise to the love and truth that you inherently Are. And this is, unfortunately, very common everywhere.

I did my best to express what I see as the energetic reality behind the dreams you're having. I sure hope it helps you get a handle on things for yourself. If not, toss, of course.

Blessings!
Sowelu

[Sowelu]

Hi again, Chandler!

I realized I'd never talked of the paralysis issue, so I thought I'd pop in again to do so.

I think it helps to realize the definition of "dilemma", for starters...

dilemma n : state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

Dilemmas typically cause paralysis of one sort or another. At any level of our consciousness, when we are faced with a dilemma, we pause. Do we choose fear or love? We may not realize that the fear or love question is what causes the stalemate, but at an essential level, this is what's happening in the moment. We either invest further in fear in this moment... or we invest in truth/love. Our fear is pumping the adrenaline and racing thoughts through us... but something else is preventing a full-on investment into that fear.

For one thing, we don't know which is which - which ideas are fear-based and which are based in the actual truth of the moment? Which course of action is based in fear and which brings us closer to truth or love in this moment? So we do not truly know in the moment. We want to let go of the beliefs that bind us to illusion and delusion (fear), but we do not yet know how to feel and know our inherent inner wisdom. So we can't tell which way to go with the moment's pressing concern.

We feel the importance of our circumstance and are unable to ascertain what constitutes the best course of action... so our indecision creates a frozen-in-time scenario. Especially in times when we are not fully awake in daily consciousness, this sort of paralysis can occur. Because it is precisely at those times when we gain access to more of our whole energetic Self and awareness than we normally have (we shut out much of it in living our daily lives). And the "rest of us" knows far more than our conscious mind, and more importantly knows that there is actually nothing to fear. This powerful contrary force within us is sufficient to create a stalemate, so to say.

In the daily life scenario of having to choose between allowing the beliefs of others to overpower our own sense of what's right for us or what constitutes truth... or investing fully in what lives inside us and to hell with everyone else's opinion... I'm sure you can see it presents quite a dilemma.

Are we more interested in truth or in fitting in and just getting by but pretending to be happy with "the way things are" in this very difficult world? Do you we want to make it easier on ourselves or are we ready to take what might be a long, hard road to truth? Are they mutually exclusive? Will we "lose" anything if we choose the truth path? Are we willing to live fearfully with friends and lovers or risk losing them all to live in a love and truth those friends and lovers can't even understand as we can?

When a person is about to embark on the path to Know Thyself, experiences of what we call "sleep paralysis" typically occur, and the person becomes aware of these events. It is again, a symbolic display of an energetic fact within, made manifest in our being as paralysis. You are poised at a threshold, with a decision to make. Which way will you choose to align your consciousness?

Again I offered and energetic take on some of your experiences. I hope you find it helpful. If not, of course, toss.

Blessings!
Sowelu

[pikka]

Being somewhat paralyzed in a dream is not usual; just deep sleep.

But I would read up on how to protect your self against drugged/rape, and not go to parties, clubs, or anyone's house until the dreams have stopped for a long time. If you ever get invited somewhere and get kind of funny feeling or body buzz [like numb tingle only finer], don't go. Turn right around and go home.

You see you probably will recognize some aspects of reality without being aware of it yet and your body will tell you it's part of THAT dream.

[Wolfjk]

Originally Posted by ladyc

I have had reoccurring dreams of being drugged and raped for a year or so now. Each one is different, though there are many similarities; I always get drugged somehow, the man or men are strangers and I've never seen them before, they're extremely vivid, and once I tear myself out of the dream I'm unable to move and still seem to be in that drug-induced state for a few minutes. It's frightening and I don't understand why they keep coming back to me. ANY help would be appreciated I just want an understanding or something close to it.

One I had, I woke up and could still feel the pain of what they had done to me throughout my body.In that dream I was drugged at a party then gang-raped.
Last night I had one. I didn't recognize the man but in my dream I knew him and trusted him. He drugged me, I woke up tied up with covers over me, and once I realized this my conscious mind jerked awake and I tore myself from the dream, but I was stuck in a paralyzed for a minute or so.

I've heard that being paralyzed after a dream is typically normal, but what does that mean? What is going on psychologically or physiologically? These happen to me quite often and I think an understanding of whats going on would allow me to control it more.

Thank you for anybody's help. In art and arms.
-Chandler

Hi,
Dreams are about whatis happening to you in the sleep they happen in.

I always get drugged somehow

The above qute indicates how you actually feel when you lie down to sleep. You feel drowsy and what you would imagine being drugged or drunk feels like.
First you have to deal with the question of why you feel like that? There must be a physical cause for it. Perhaps there is a fault in the balancing organ in your ears? Is your pillow too low? are you allergic to some food stuffs? Do you suffer from migrain? Perhaps you should seek the opinion of your doctor.

I woke up and could still feel the pain of what they had done to me throughout my body.In that dream I was drugged at a party then gang-raped.

If you feel pain after waking up, you can be certain that the pain caused the dream in the first place. You are the best person to know what your pain feels like and what may cause it. Here again you should seek the help of your doctor.
Regarding being drugged and raped; if you actually had the bad experience your subconscious uses it in your dream to wake you up. If you read about or heard the experience described, your subconscious uses the fear of being drugged or raped in your dream.

I woke up tied up with covers over me, and once I realized this my conscious mind jerked awake and I tore myself from the dream, but I was stuck in a paralyzed for a minute or so.

Your subconscious uses the "IDEA" that you can't move as an extraquick waking agent.
You can read through this thread about sleep paralysis, it may help you understand how others react.
Cheers Wolfjk
.

[ladyc]

Originally Posted by Sowelu

Hiya Chandler!

The human condition has certain archetypal patterns of relationship to it that have been the case for most, if not all, of human history. Those patterns of relationship are first energetic, meaning they exist within the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical energies of a person, male or female. There are general consistencies from person to person, which is how the term "human condition" applies. Humanity is "conditioned" to relate to their various energies in certain ways.

Rape is one such archetype that is prevalent. Not necessarily the physical kind (though it is far more common than most tend to realize), but the energetic kind within the self. We "overpower" one part of us with another, and think it's ok. The most common "rape" in energies in self is the mind overpowering all other bodies (emotional, spiritual, physical)... through beliefs. But it gets it power to do this through our fears, which go unnoticed, deep inside. Fear fuels belief.

Beliefs, btw, are simply mentally formed ideas that we emotionally cling to out of fear because we don't actually KNOW. We hope what we believe is true… and we're afraid it isn't. This is the energetic reality of beliefs. They are borne of our ignorance which frightens us. Beliefs are fueled by fear. When we KNOW... we no longer need to believe. Through experience, which eliminates our ignorance and our fear, we come to know life. Directly. We then no longer need to have beliefs about life, because we know it directly.

So beliefs of all kinds tend to "rape us" of the truth. The fact of this energetic reality is often played out or manifests in the physical arena eventually... though it needn't if one can gain a true understanding and rectify the energetic circumstance within, first.

Life, in its unimpeded flow, is love (not the sentiment, but rather the unconditional essence of Source moving into form at this level). It is inherently intelligent and supportive of all in existence, without prejudice.

Humanity, on the other hand, holds onto prejudice, basically (again, beliefs – preferred ideas about what is, invested in over what actually is that we're afraid to know). This has stopped up the natural flow of life force energy into our lives. It begins early in our ignorance, and builds to fear rather quickly. At this stage of human evolution there is a great deal of fear that is mistaken for love, and of course lots of just plain fear.

When I use the word fear, I do not necessarily mean shaking in your boots afraid. I mean... any motivating force in ourselves that directs life according to some bias. Most humans let life in only on mentally considered, controlling terms. Most of us want life to go a certain way, want people to behave a certain way, want certain things to be true and others to be untrue... all of this is based in fear, though we rarely understand that.

To rectify this situation, we have our feelings, still there, hidden deep within. They are an incredible resource for healing. IF – and it's a big "if" for some – if we allow our feelings to be felt, and if we allow them to "speak" to us without censor, we can clear up the false assumptions we keep making that essentially rape us of the truth. Instead we tend to "shut up" our feelings, control them, deny them, ignore them… and believe things others say, or what our society or church tells us… and this is us, raping ourselves.

Thus the very physical condition of women being raped by men throughout history in every culture. It is a symbolic/energetic reality that has been actualized into form. I say it that way because men, too, are being raped, energetically. Their feeling self (feminine aspect) is overpowered by their mental selves (masculine aspect), too. It's just that... in order to manifest an energetic display of this truth into human form... the symbolic accuracy is that a female is raped by a male.

SO… rape in a dream is often symbolic of this very idea. Not that one is physically going to be raped, but that one is RAPING THEMSELVES at an energetic level, with ideas, beliefs and insistences regarding self and life and others... that is not natural or unconditionally loving. If it goes unchecked, this energetic reality in self can manifest or actualize into physicality, eventually. But it doesn't have to, by any means.

When our essence, psyche, Soul, what-have-you is trying to impress the importance of this dynamic on us, we may well dream of rape. It's shocking, disturbing and we can't forget it easily. That's... the point.

Somewhere in your self, and therefore likely somewhere in your relationships in life, you are allowing a certain kind of energetic raping to occur, that needs to be realized and rectified.

The fact that you do not know the men who rape you indicates that you are not yet aware of which beliefs, thoughts, assumptions, attitudes and behaviors of yours - that you currently accept as "the way it is" - are so damaging to the rest of you. In other words, it's time to wake up to this energetic dynamic in self, and the first step is to acknowledge that something is definitely not ok. Step two is to look to how you truly feel about anything. Rather than trying to adjust your feelings to fit the society you live in, honor how you truly feel first, and dismiss those beliefs and assumptions and attitudes that do not serve your truth or do not honor you.

Gang rape might indicate "group beliefs" that do not honor all of who you are. Or it could point to "what society (essentially a gang) expects of everyone", which does not honor the uniqueness of each individual. Trying to tow the line of socially acceptable things is often one of the most prevalent forms of raping the self we do, frankly. This society, which is facing great change right now on the planet, was formed from fear. It's time to return to love. And love… honors all of who we are. Not just those portions currently seen as "right", "good", "proper", "useful", etc.

Being drugged, btw, is often a way of symbolically revealing that you are numbing yourself. It may seem like others do it TO you, but you allow it or it couldn't happen. One way we "drug ourselves" is by looking outward for answers in life and taking on the beliefs, habits, rituals and teachings of others, rather than going inward and finding our own, authentic wisdom. So first you allow a numbing or glazing over of the fact that you're your own font of wisdom about everything in your life, and in the doing, take on beliefs or behaviors or assumptions that further rape you of the opportunity to rise to the love and truth that you inherently Are. And this is, unfortunately, very common everywhere.

I did my best to express what I see as the energetic reality behind the dreams you're having. I sure hope it helps you get a handle on things for yourself. If not, toss, of course.

Blessings!
Sowelu

Thank you so much! This makes an entirety of sense, and it also ties in with different situations in my life. I'm going to reevaluate everything going on with myself in order to see if some of the points you made have any relevance towards my dreams, which is seems they have. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to write that and reply. I've been having the notion a lot lately that there is a subconscious part of me, pertaining what I am unsure, that I probably need to focus on so your statements above and how it may have to do with my dreams will definitely enforce that. Thank you again!
-Chandler

[ladyc]

Originally Posted by pikka

Being somewhat paralyzed in a dream is not usual; just deep sleep.

But I would read up on how to protect your self against drugged/rape, and not go to parties, clubs, or anyone's house until the dreams have stopped for a long time. If you ever get invited somewhere and get kind of funny feeling or body buzz [like numb tingle only finer], don't go. Turn right around and go home.

You see you probably will recognize some aspects of reality without being aware of it yet and your body will tell you it's part of THAT dream.

It is not only me being paralyzed in the dream, but waking up and still being paralyzed for a few minutes.

I've made sure not to involve myself with anything like parties and whatnot, and have especially stood clear from mean I get a negative vibe from. The last thing I want is for the dreams to be visions of the future, of course. Thank you for replying!

[ladyc]

Originally Posted by Wolfjk

Hi,
Dreams are about whatis happening to you in the sleep they happen in.

The above qute indicates how you actually feel when you lie down to sleep. You feel drowsy and what you would imagine being drugged or drunk feels like.
First you have to deal with the question of why you feel like that? There must be a physical cause for it. Perhaps there is a fault in the balancing organ in your ears? Is your pillow too low? are you allergic to some food stuffs? Do you suffer from migrain? Perhaps you should seek the opinion of your doctor.

If you feel pain after waking up, you can be certain that the pain caused the dream in the first place. You are the best person to know what your pain feels like and what may cause it. Here again you should seek the help of your doctor.
Regarding being drugged and raped; if you actually had the bad experience your subconscious uses it in your dream to wake you up. If you read about or heard the experience described, your subconscious uses the fear of being drugged or raped in your dream.

Your subconscious uses the "IDEA" that you can't move as an extraquick waking agent.
You can read through this thread about sleep paralysis, it may help you understand how others react.
Cheers Wolfjk
.

It hasn't occured to me in the least bit that it may be a physical factor, like you said, that is causing these. Excellent point, I must say.
When I fall asleep, I do always feel overwhelmingly exhausted and 'drunk-feeling'. And throughout the days I'm typically always fatigued so your point could be extremely true... thank you for this observation, it seems extremely likely. I'm surprised it hasn't crossed my mind.
Is it normal for dreams to reflect a person's PHYSICAL being? Because I know they pertain to their emotional/mental being the majority of the time, but I've never heard of it being physical. It's a very interesting proposition. I don't know much about dreams at all, which is one reason I'm in a sort of panic.
Thank you very much once again! Many blessings(:

[Sowelu]

There is much power, and empowerment, in the direction you mention you're interested in taking with yourself. I get a sense that you're very creative... and this direction you're considering can reeally enhance that greatly. You... and the whole world... will benefit. Best to you, Chandler!

Blessings!
Sowelu