Triggering (SI/OD) - somethng weirds happening to me.

[finding.my.wings]

i think it only haapens when im really tired/ but unable to sleep- i kinda hurt/do damage to self and then must go to sleep and wake up the next day and am like 'opps' what did i do or have i done.

i can honselty say its happened twice that i know of but there myte have been other times- cos often i cant explain bruises ect.

someone suggested this could be disasscaitive but i looked into it and im not sure.....m not lookng for a diagones but aybe jsut some advice on what i could do to prevent this? beside going to doc.

[Wonderland.]

Sweetie the best thing is to go and see your Doctor, when your tired you are not as aware of what you are doing aswell and if you sleep really deeply them you may forget it, and lack of sleep affects your memory aswell I think.

Amy x

[slacker]

it could be a dissociative disorder, it could be epilepsy (many suffer bouts only during sleep) or a host of other things

i'd agree with going to see your doctor. there may be a very simple answer to it and it may be more distressing/unhelpful to not have an answer to your question

but you're the boss... final question is, how long do you want to go on for and not know what this is for sure?

[smileemptysoul]

This has happened to me - finding bruises when I wake up and don't remember getting. My doctors said it hapened most likely from being in a dissociated state.

What I would try to find out as soon as possible is if you have some condition that makes you bruise easily. If you are on medication, it is possible to have that kind of side effect and would explain why you don't quite remember getting them.

If this is happening while dissociating, you could try to stay grounded as you aren't hurting yourself in that state. Here is a link with some ideas on grounding techniques that you can use:

http://www.recoveryourlife.com/forum...g+techniq ues

Take care

[Minty]

I often get similar things when I am sleepy but can't sleep,I used to scratch my legs and wake up like what is this. I wore gloves in bed for a while, try and keep all things that you can harm yourself with as way as possible. Have you got anything to help you sleep at all, I needed something to get me into sleep to stop it. I would be in a half sleep half awake state and often did very odd things, like going for walks or having full conversations I couldn't remember, as well as other embarrasing side effects. I think getting on the case with tests is important as there is no direct answer.

[finding.my.wings]

hey thanks for the replys..... i mentioned it to my counsellor who siad i could be kinda disassociating cos other stuff happens, and i struggle to remember blocks of time in my day and become easliy confused about the weekday, date and time even when i last ate. im going into the doctors on tuesday....so will try and remember to mention it.