Self-Injury Support Group
Whether you or someone you know or love struggles with self-injury, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, meet others going through the same, and get advice on how to stop. Working together, we can help find alternative coping skills to reduce the urge to self-harm.
I haven't cut in about 10 years, and haven't engaged in any form self injury in about two years. However I dream about it often. In my dreams I do
far more harm then I ever could in real life, to the point where I am pretty
much just committing suicide. these dreams are never nightmarish,
and are actual pretty calming. They are really hard to fight. The dumb
thing is most of the time I have some control over these dreams and even
relies that I'm dreaming. When I relies I am not going to harm my
''real'' body I will start tearing myself apart with whatever objects I
can find. When I wake up I usually feel pretty ashamed of myself. I successfully fought them off at one point, but as my life become more
stressful, I didn't want to fight them any more. I some odd way does this still count as self harm? At the very least it doesn't seem very healthy from a mental stand point. I am guessing dreams about self-harm are pretty
common amongst people who have a history of cutting, or still cut.
far more harm then I ever could in real life, to the point where I am pretty
much just committing suicide. these dreams are never nightmarish,
and are actual pretty calming. They are really hard to fight. The dumb
thing is most of the time I have some control over these dreams and even
relies that I'm dreaming. When I relies I am not going to harm my
''real'' body I will start tearing myself apart with whatever objects I
can find. When I wake up I usually feel pretty ashamed of myself. I successfully fought them off at one point, but as my life become more
stressful, I didn't want to fight them any more. I some odd way does this still count as self harm? At the very least it doesn't seem very healthy from a mental stand point. I am guessing dreams about self-harm are pretty
common amongst people who have a history of cutting, or still cut.
Although, like you said, it might be stressful, and hard to handle, so I'm happy you were able to cut this off. I've never heard of anything like this, and it's awesome that you could share.
I don't dream about self-harm too much (although due to my meds I have wicked vivid and emotional dreams every freakin' night), but in that dream-ish weird limbo that happens as you wake up in the morning I sometimes imagine really hurting myself. It's disturbing, and I know that I'm dreaming, but I can't control it, and in a weird way it is a little relieving. So I don't find your dreams all that unusual, but I sounds like you have some things to work through if you have a therapist, or are thinking about going to one.
Sadiegirl13 my meds have amplified my dreams as well. I have been seeing a therapist for about 6 months now, and they have been helping me work through a lot of my issues. As you can tell there is still a ways to go, lol.
StillWalking, I don't think you are being rude, I really appreciate your response.
Thank you everyone for responding