I had a dream about it

[Dark Angel 26]

On Saturday night, I had a dream. It was one of those horrible ones, you know, where you feel everything that's happening, and you wake up all sweaty and shaking. It wasn't a nightmare, but it was just really...Real.
Anyway, in my dream I had cut myself, really badly, on both arms. Normally I only do it on one of my arms.
I dreamed that I was wandering through my old school (the one I went to before college, not the one I moved away from), and I wound up finding my old Graphics teacher. My Graphics teacher was always really nice, and she looked out for me when I had bullying problems. Anyway, I found her, and I ended up showing her all these really bad cuts on my arms.
That's when I woke up, all shaky and sweaty. It must've been what, ten to four in the morning?
It just got me to thinking really. Miss always looked out for me, and I'm kinda wondering whether I should talk to her about my...problem?
Sorry if it went on for a bit, I just thought I'd talk about it, because this is the first time that I've actually had a dream about cutting myself. Has anyone else ever had a dream about it?

[NightFighter]

Weird...maybe its a sign that you should tell her...
Remember though theres a chance she wont be as understanding as you hope she will be. If someone is uneducated about the s.h problem then they are scared, confused and occationally angry about it which isnt very useful for you. Think about her personality.

Yeah, ive had MANY dreams about cutting myself! I love them but the only problem (big big problem) is that basically every night i talk in my sleep. My family dont know about my problem but if they were to wake up one night when i was talking....welll, i'd be screwed. In one nightmare i made a deal with the devil. Im trying to quit and he offered me the chance to self harm. Huge temptation there, and i gave in.There was a catch though. If i did self harm then i would have to instantly commit suicide. Im not christian or anything but they say that if you kill yourself you cant go to heaven. So i would have had to spend eternity in hell. Freaky dream lol

[Beautiful Obsession]

well.. shes your old school teacher from a differant school, so if you did tell her, theres not really alot she could do about it? But

[byee]

"Lucid dreams": Dreams that seem (and feel) real.

Yeah, I'd tell Miss about this and let her take care of you. The dream is a cry for help, you obviously trust, like, and respect her. Let her take care of you, show (and tell) her what's been going on and let her help you get to a doc.

[Dark Angel 26]

See, the thing is, I don't really know how to go about ''telling''. And not only that, I'm scared shitless over what the reaction's gonna be.

[Reality]

I've been in the exact same situation as this! I always found my old R.E. teacher in Year 8 as nice, and understanding on social issues.

The problem was, I hadn't had her for anything since then (I'm in Year 11 now) and she's also ain't my Year Progress Manager, so approaching her was a big problem for me.

Luckily though (well not at the time) she noticed me bleeding from a cut, and assumed I'd been slashed, so of course the situation obliged me to tell her the horrible truth, but I also found out my Year Progress Manager was a close friend of hers that lives on the same street as her, and she told her she was concerned for me - and, of course I got talked to about it, and so I'm more comfortable to just go and talk to her now, not that I need to yet because I'm getting counselling.

The problem for you is, from what I've gathered from your post, you don't actually go to that school anymore which makes things a lot harder for you, than my situation.

The most easiest thing to suggest would be to find someone else to confide in, and you gotta remember she's just a teacher at the end of the day, and she can only do so much now that you're no longer at the school, she'll probably advise you see a counselor or something of the sort, although for the mean while she will help to talk to you.. but yeah.. you don't go there anymore.. so it's 100x more hard.

[Dark Angel 26]

Yes, I can understand that she may not be able to help me much. I am kinda lucky in some respects though. See, my college is only a very small building, and it is actually on the school grounds.

[byee]

it might be helpful to realize that the goal here is to stop the pain. That's what the dream means. You're telling yourself that you want help. And that you trust this teacher. Don't get too far ahead of yourslef here, just act on those two things, and tell her. Start by saying, "I trust you and I need your help." The words will flow quite easily from that point.

If you are accurate about your sense of her, she will listen, be supportive, and work with you to find someone to help you on an ongoing basis. The fears you have are likely based just on your *other*fears, not on her likely response, you know this based on your personal experiences with her.

Make the call.

[Requin]

YOu have to remember that dreams aren't real. Or some spooky look into your future, its just your minds imagination. Imagination that is probably influenced by events and things that you have seen. So if your a member of this site you see a lot of posts about cutting/self harm etc. So its bound to connect with something in your head.

Remember that, oh and yes I agree, talking to her would be a great idea. :)

[STAYING_STRONG4HIM]

I have had a dream about cutting before....once about me cutting and once about my ex-boyfriend cutting...It does seem really real and I have woke up screaming and crying. I remember when my ex had been thinking about suicide too...that gave me lots of nightmares...it's the fear of the unknown I think for me...