# I bit my finger while sleeping. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627 "2004-09-01T19:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/1 "2004-09-01T19:34:49Z")
I have no idea what I was dreaming about. Now my right index finger is red, swollen, and sore. I’ve bitten my lip hard enough to make it bleed, while sleeping, and often wake up with sore red eyes from rubbing them. I’m not a peaceful sleeper. That’s probably why the cat and dog will pile on top of my husband and give me plenty of room. ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/2 "2004-09-01T22:00:38Z")
Oh! I can add to this thread. Last Sunday I woke up feeling liquid dripping out of my right ear. At first I thought, wtf? Then I thought, oh, maybe just something from ears being clogged from allergies. Yup, it was blood. Not tons, but not a little either. And because I am now living alone, no one was around to look at it for me. Went to the ER, had no pain. They said all they saw was a tiny scratch and go home. I sleep horribly too. I’m just thankful I havn’t scratched up my face or anything like that. Thank you for the opportunity to talk about my bloody ear 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/3 "2004-09-01T22:31:15Z")
I chewed up my tongue once while I was sleeping. hurt for 3 days after. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/4 "2004-09-02T00:03:42Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Now my right index finger is red, swollen, and sore. Are you sure it wasn’t [spiders](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273912)? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/5 "2004-09-02T00:33:05Z")
I must have poked myself in the eye while sleeping a couple night’s ago. I woke up with a big red blotch in my schlera from burst blood vessels. It didn’t hurt so I didn’t notice it until I looked in the mirror that morning. The same thing happened a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/6 "2004-09-02T06:26:41Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > I have no idea what I was dreaming about. Now my right index finger is red, swollen, and sore. On a diet, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/7 "2004-09-02T13:22:21Z")
I once had a dream I was getting a haircut and woke up with a pair of scissors and a goodly portion of my hair no longer attached to my head. At least you can put a band-aid on a bitten finger. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/8 "2004-09-02T14:01:50Z")
This one time… I dreamed I was eating a giant marshmellow. When I woke up, my pillow was gone. It had fallen to the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Bimble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bimble)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bit-my-finger-while-sleeping/262627/9 "2004-09-02T14:14:39Z")
I fell asleep on the train home one day and woke myself up coz I was SINGING OUT LOUD Depeche Mode’s “Dreaming of Me” :eek: (True story!)