Wounds from my dreams

[firefly1301]

I have had weird things happen in my dreams since I was a small child, I would wake up with bruises and scratched in the same place something happen to me in the dream. Recently I have had the worst yet, I was dreaming I was being attacked with a knife, I held my left arm up to protect my face and chest, the knife slashed my arm in different directions, I awoke with bleeding wounds on my arm and severe pain. I don't know why this happens to me, my nails are short ( almost to short to scratch an itch ) and my cat is declawed, I also have no sharp object in my bed or anywhere near me to hurt me. Any suggestions on what it could be? and/or what I could do to stop it?

[hurricane1124]

Do you sleep on your back or side

[MysticalDipshit]

Maybe you sleep walk? There are many things that could be used to cut yourself that you might not think of, like an extremely sharpened pencil, scissors, a knife, paper(...), metal(Like from cans and stuff), razors etc. I have heard of people feeling pain in the same place as a dream before they woke up, but never actual injuries. If it was just pain, I would put it down to being psychological, due to you thinking you've actually been hurt, and your body does stuff to try and fix things. After all, pain is just in your head. I've had dreams where my arm has been cut off and when I woke up, my arm was numb, and another I was walking on spikes and when I woke up I had the same feeling for a few hours. Not exactly pain related but whatever. I haven't heard of people having real injuries though, so sleepwalking would be my best bet. There's no real way you could find this out though if you live alone or with heavy sleepers. You never know, someone else could be doing it instead. I vote for hidden video cameras in your bedroom. Be careful for when it turns out like paranormal activity XD

[TiredPhil]

Six years of age, I wake with severe pain under my right side rib cage. Someone in a dream has got hold of me by the stomach. Other times, I wake up from being stabbed, or shot. Same pain, in same place. At the age of nine, I notice a two inch birthmark that I had never seen before. Spooky ( To me at least ) Some cultures say that when you are re-born, you bring the scars of your death with you from past life.