I wouldn't normally post something like this on here, but I'm running out of ideas.

I keep having these dreams...I've had 3 or 4 in the past two weeks and in them I'm always being raped by men; men I don't know, and I can't see their faces. Except for the most recent one where I remembered his face so clearly I could draw it if I wanted, so I did. Once I was finished with the drawing I went over to my mirror and suddenly felt extremely upset. I tried to defend myself in the most recent one but I failed miserably. The dream ended with me on top of him with a hold on his neck trying to strangle him.

My attacker in these dreams is never the same but always male and it's always someone different. It's not necessarily that they're having sex with me, but they're doing things to me I don't want them to do and I'm helpless.

They aren't lucid enough for me to remember all the details, but I don't know why I keep having them. I've looked in my dream analysis book at the definition of rape dreams, but it didn't help much. Apparently I must be feeling overwhelmed by something, or something's being forced on me. I sure as hell haven't ever been raped (thankfully) but what scares me most is that I HAVE had precognative dreams before - I just hope these aren't.

On the other hand, there's the more far out theory: that I'm remembering something from past lives, particularly the most recent one. It would explain why after drawing his face I felt so upset even though I don't know the man.

Can anyone help?