Psychologically Hurting yourself Physically. ???

Question

a woman woke up from a dream that s cold hand had quenched her ankle.. when she woke up there was bruising in the likeness that someone grabbed her ankle.. However, no one did. It was caused by just her reaction to the grasp in her dream.. how?

I am looking for links to essays concerning how someone can psychologically make their body do something such as bruise. I would

appreciate your own opinion and knowledge.

thank you.

Answer 1

I remember reading something about such things.  If I remember correctly, it's some kind of mechanism in which the realness of a dream causes change in the body.  There are people who try to heal themselves of cancer using directed dreaming techniques (which I guess would be the same mechanism).

You might also try scientific articles on stigmata.

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