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writes:i keep having dreams are really sick in them i am having sex with my dad i also have sort of memories of times when my dad had had an argument with my mam and slept in my bed when i was younger i dont dont know if they are real or me just making them up in my head i honestly do not believe that my dad would of ever done anything like that these false memories started when i was manic because i have bipolar so it could just have been due to illness i told my mam and she said it would kill my dad if i accused him as "theres no way on this earth that your dad would ever have done that" i dont know what to do. Reply to this Question |
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reader, anonymous, writes (6 April 2008): Hi there. Sorry for your disturbing dream. I am 40 years old and I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 11 years ago. I was sexually abused by my stepfather and stepbrother from age six to 18. Bipolar disorder can be brought on by trauma, such as sexual abuse or physical abuse, or it can also be genetic.
If some sort of sexual abuse was done to you by your father or someone else and you can't vividly recall the events, it could be even more traumatic for you to do so now. Keep seeing a therapist and keep taking your medication. You can function with this illness and be happy and productive. Talk to your therapist about your dream. See if he or she can help you with the confusion you are experiencing right now.
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reader, carebear +, writes (6 April 2008):
 Agree alot with askoldersister on this one.
I would go back to doctor and also search biplor on internet.
I too think people with this and other mental health problems search their brain for a cause as to why they feel like they do, when really it's out of their control. Think of this like any other illness, you need medication and help from profesinal people to understand how these illness affect you.
If its any help one of my dear friends has this condition and before she was diagnosed she told her mother similar things, she also suffered anorexia/bulemia she also thought she could never had kids. Needless to say she is now doing great on meds has a wee boy of 5 andhas never been more stable and content. She was worried when she was pregnant as they said the risk of post natal depression was high, she sailed through childbirth and her boy is the best thing that happened to her.
Please don't beat yourself up over this and talk to your mum as I am sure she is worried sick now.
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reader, Annalisa +, writes (6 April 2008):
 It is possible that a childhood dream may have been turned into a false memory. It's happened to me and I'm not bipolar! Dreams are odd things and don't mean much other than miscelaneous thoughts that get squeeshed into images when we're asleep.
A lot of people dream of having sex with a parent and it's usually more to do with the fact that you might have had an unresolved argument with them and your brain is trying to get closure. Sexual arousal tends to be represented in dreams by water and remotely fallic immages. Sexual acts themselves never mean sex, in dreams, but the wish to communicate more with the person we are dreaming about.
So don't worry!
God bless you and good luck!
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reader, hottieluvr  +, writes (5 April 2008):
everyone has something weird about them. I think up really weird things. But im not tryn to be mean but thats sick. You should just forget about it. If it keeps hapening then talk to your mom again or talk to your doctor and see if its because of the illness. Good luck.
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