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.
Haha, the title sounds very Martin Luther King Jr., doesn't it?
Anyway. I had a dream last night and it was on the strange side. The actual dream isn't important but to the point of my post; In my dream, something happened that urged me to cut. I've had dreams like this before, and have even cut in the dreams, but never like this. It felt so real. The intense surge of adrenaline and everything was there. I panicked and started breathing heavier, my head tingled, and my body just throbbed in anticipation. I have never, EVER had a dream with such a real life-like feeling about anything, especially this. I woke up and almost gave into it because of the dream. Seriously? No actual trigger, just the dream. Of course, the fact that I wanted to sleep in on my day off kept me in bed and out of my bathroom and now I'm fine. But it was so strange, and almost scary. Thoughts?
Anyway. I had a dream last night and it was on the strange side. The actual dream isn't important but to the point of my post; In my dream, something happened that urged me to cut. I've had dreams like this before, and have even cut in the dreams, but never like this. It felt so real. The intense surge of adrenaline and everything was there. I panicked and started breathing heavier, my head tingled, and my body just throbbed in anticipation. I have never, EVER had a dream with such a real life-like feeling about anything, especially this. I woke up and almost gave into it because of the dream. Seriously? No actual trigger, just the dream. Of course, the fact that I wanted to sleep in on my day off kept me in bed and out of my bathroom and now I'm fine. But it was so strange, and almost scary. Thoughts?
When i packed in smoking it has been 3 years, but now and again i dream that i am smkoing and i feel the hit.
Perhaps your body is remembering the feeling. perhaps you are in a stressful situation and your mind is trying to resolve it by dreaming about how you would cope. I know that cutting can be addictive and it is possible that your body is craving the cutting like my body would crave smoke - even though i dont smoke any more.
I really dont know what else to say.
It amy mean a lot - it may not mean anything - but vivid dreams are always scary - pleaser try not to be anxious about it.