A question about SI during sleep

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A question about SI during sleep

Post by Chocoboko » Sat May 22, 2004 1:54 am

I have heard stories of people who go to bed feeling upset and wake up with cuts on themselves that they don't remember doing. Is it possible that people can cut in their sleep? What causes people to cut in their sleep and is there anything that can be done to prevent it?

I just read stories about that and I am a bit curious. Hopefully you people can tell me more about it.

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Post by Antenna » Sat May 22, 2004 2:34 am

Well, I cuss people out in my sleep, so I'm sure it's possible.

One time, I sat up in bed (I'm in a dorm w/ a roommate/best friend), and said, "Don't you ever get off the <i>fucking</i> computer?!??"

I don't remember this btw.

I also go on long cussing streaks to particular people, apparently. I also don't remember that.
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Post by scarlit_sky » Sun May 23, 2004 1:26 am

Well, I think it can be possible, because I have been known to bite myself while I am asleep. I haven't done it in a while, but I remember waking up with teeth marks on my arm when I was 10. Anything's possible.

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Post by Middleground » Sun May 23, 2004 9:31 am

I can't say I've ever woken up with cuts on myself... but I know I do throw myself at the wall in the night... so I sleep walled in by pillows.
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Post by Boris » Thu May 27, 2004 8:21 pm

well, i have cut myself in the middle of the night and had trouble remembering exactly how or with what. i have panic attacks and sometimes i cut while i'm in some sort of a panic attack, or dissociating or something. and i can't remember it afterwards. so yes, it's possible.

some people who are accident prone and who sleepwalk can also get cuts in their sleep i guess, depending on what they walk into? i know i've gotten my fair share of bruises from sleepwalking.
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Post by lost down here » Mon May 31, 2004 10:05 pm

i cant tell you why it happens or anything like that, but i do know that ive done it before - ive woken up with bleeding fingers with teeth marks all over them, etc, numerous times

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Post by Dungeon_Lilly » Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:26 am

I knew someone who said she cut in her sleep and had no recolection of doing it
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Post by moo-moo » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:06 pm

i guess that is possible. i know that i have woken up in the middle of the night AND CUT MYSELF, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A DREAM. I FOUND OUT IT WASNT, BECAUSE I FOUND CUT MARKS ON MY FINGERS AND ARMS THE NEXT DAY.
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Post by theboldeditalics » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:16 pm

Yeah, I've woken up with cuts before.

Recently I've been waking up with a REALLY bloody lower lip.




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Post by half/hearted » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:19 pm

I wake up with a bloody lip sometimes, or with my fist clenched really tight. Once I woke up to see I was pinching my arm pretty hard. I dunno why this happens...
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Post by jaded melody » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:49 pm

Just want to say that, if you do self-harm while you're sleeping and it has happened multiple times in a fairly short space of time, please consider discussing it with a doctor or a sleep clinic, because it may be a symptom of a sleep disorder which needs to be treated.
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Post by Kamikaze » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:59 pm

I don't know if it was SI during my sleep, but once I woke up and went to do my paper round, and the guy at the shop told my my head was bleeding, and I had blood all over the side of my head, but I never thought of it like this before. I don't undestand how it could of happened.

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