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The author has written extensively about his psychotherapeutic work with sexually traumatized men but has not always understood why he finds the work so compelling. Awakening from a dream involving his grandfather, his great-uncles, and his own book about male sexual victimization, he felt deeply disquieted. In this article, he traces his dream associations to a conclusion that transgenerational transmission of trauma shaped his professional interest in male sexual victimization. As he writes, he clarifies for himself why he has pursued this topic with determination and intensity over his career.