Incest Fantasies - Are They Dangerous?

Cheryl: Why do we fantasize about taboo things like incest when we know in our lives, not only would we never do that, but that those things are harmful and may have harmed us? Cheryl: For many patients who experienced sexual trauma and pain, that fantasy is a really viable way to convert feelings of powerlessness and feelings of pain into a sense of pleasure and power. And so I think that in that sense, sometimes fantasies can have a healing effect on our trauma.