I suffer from PTSD due to on-going sexual abuse by a neighbor that occurred when I was 6 until I was 7. I see now I was being groomed for sexual intercourse, but thank God, it all ended before that. Nevertheless, for many years I had terrible nightmares when he was following me and I had no legs so I could not run from him. In the dream he never reached me, but I often woke up in a cold sweat in twisted sheets. I blocked out this abuse many years, but when it came out as a 24 year old adult on the verge of marriage, the nightmares returned. I was lucky enough to find a good therapist who has helped me through this I am now 68 years old and still, the experiences of that abuse at times float through my memory. I don't think I will ever be free.