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Research by doctoral student Chelsea Ennis found a link between nightmares and self-injurious behavior. "When I started this project there were no studies on sleep disturbances and self-injury. We already know there is a relationship between having sleep problems, such as nightmares and insomnia, and later suicide. I wanted to look at whether these same sleep disturbances also predicted nonsuicidal self-injury like cutting and burning."