Did being molested as a child make me hate meat?

When I was about three, I was molested by my grandfather. For the longest time this memory was completely repressed, but as I got older I began to think back and realize what had happened. For years after, I would have this re-occurring nightmare about living in a house that was made out of meat with a man that repeatedly abused me. This house was like, really huge and disgusting. It looked like a big giant chunk of pulsating roast beef or something. After dreaming this I just couldn't eat meat anymore. It absolutely disgusted me, and still does. I later became vegan once I learned about factory farming. But the main reason why I don't eat meat is still just that it disgusts me. It represents nothing but pain, abuse and death.

Do you think the dream could have manifested from the molestation, which later contributed to me hating meat? Is it normal to feel this way?

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  • askmesomething

    that's too much information.

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  • phillipphung94

    Just don't eat meat then.

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  • chuy

    Yes you need counciling

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  • Cheese123

    Maybe it's like classical conditioning:
    The idea that pairing one thing with another will create an instinctive association with the two if the conditioning is potent enough. Perhaps you were conditioned, quite accidentally, to associate the terrible experiences you had as a child with a dream of living in a meat house. I'm just suggesting maybe the meat house was just a random image created in your brain.

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  • dappled

    Perhaps the thought of baby lambs being slaughtered is what made you hate meat? It's a strange thing. In the west, we wouldn't go near eating cat or dog, never mind kitten or puppy. But change the species and we're fine with it.

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    • You've been watching Silence of the Lambs again, weren't you?

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  • FreakyKing2

    I could have, the mind works in mysterious ways.

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