Hi Frybread, welcome to Psych Central.

I saw your thread and I was not sure how to respond, I had to think about it. I don't know a lot about Schitzophrenia, however, from what I understand that challenge can produce false images and can create some paranoia challenges. It would be understandable that you don't want to create a memory that might add to the traumas that you know did happen, and with the challenge of schizophrenia a person is more likely to do that so being "careful" is important.

You do have memories that bother you and from what you have shared, what you did experience from these adult males was inappropriate on their part.

As far as you having dreams about being touched in your sleep? These could have been dreams from something you happened to either hear or see on TV. We can all have bad dreams where our mind imagines things that can seem real. Our brains record everything we see and hear and often we may not consciously remember the things our brains take in that our brains use to "learn" with.

I can remember having bad dreams and wondering how I came up with what I had dreampt about, and sometimes I can trace it to a movie I had seen or even something I had read or heard on the news.

I recommend waiting to see if anything else is remembered, but be careful as I have mentioned that you don't imagine something happened that did not.