The rape she describes sounds uncannily like a sleep paralysis attack—compare it with accounts of rape by demons and aliens. By which I don’t mean to belittle the experience—SP can be traumatic and horrible. I had some bad attacks as a teenager, the worst one complete with auditory hallucinations.
(It goes without saying that it is not impossible that her stealthy and competent rapist was physically real.)
The rape she describes sounds uncannily like a sleep paralysis attack—compare it with accounts of rape by demons and aliens. By which I don’t mean to belittle the experience—SP can be traumatic and horrible. I had some bad attacks as a teenager, the worst one complete with auditory hallucinations.
(It goes without saying that it is not impossible that her stealthy and competent rapist was physically real.)