Comments on: A study on dream smoking

By: AV

AV — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:15:03 +0000

Cool – I can now smoke in dreams than real.
I gave up 6 weeks ago and never had a dream about smoking for 30yrs – now 2 in 6 weeks !!!

By: Suz

Suz — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:03:47 +0000

So weird! My dream was so similar. It was so vivid. I realized that I was not supposed to be smoking anymore mid-cig. I looked down and freaked. I couldn’t decide whether to give in and smoke the rest or just drop it and run away. I quit on april 12 after smoking for 14 years.

By: Chrystal

Chrystal — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:25:47 +0000

I smoke all the time in my dreams yet I have never been a smoker in reality. Strange.

By: Pia Marjukka Laasonen

Pia Marjukka Laasonen — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:35:29 +0000

Dear Researcher,you may eat meat,chicken,fish alive animals.I smoke but 25 years I have been veganist.brains work in dreaming process,it is same to humans what we dream.

By: John

John — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:22:02 +0000

I’m at 2 weeks right now and I’ve had two dreams of smoking already. All I remember is I was smoking a cigarette like I some how forgot I was quitting then suddenly realized mid drag. I felt really guilty about smoking then woke up and realized it was a dream.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:03:13 +0000

I quit smoking almost 4 years ago. I regularly enjoy cigarettes in my dreams. It seems to happen when the few people I know that still smoke are in the dream, and I bum a cigarette. Occasionally, I bum a cigarette from a stranger in a dream. It used to come with feelings of guilt, and then relief when I awoke. It’s been happening for so long, and so often, that I have come to really enjoy it in the dreams. It’s like I know I can have one and not worry about a relapse. The interesting thing is that I quit once before for 5 years, and as soon as I bummed a cigarette, I was hooked again. It took 6 years for me to quit again, and I tried and tried. I know that I can never REALLY smoke another cigarette. If I smoke just one, I will be hooked again. Strangely, I never smoked in my dreams the first time I quit, just this time. Now, I smoke in my dreams very often. I always found it so strange that I am a dream smoker.

By: osofine

osofine — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:37:17 +0000

@Meg, I think you are *consciously* horrified that you will relapse.

I’m curious whether they took into account whether subjects were using nicotine replacements, specifically in patch form. I had several experiences trying to quit using the patch and had unbelievably intense dreams. They were so intense that upon waking in the morning I felt as though I’d been working so hard all night that I needed a nap! I wanted to be able to wear the patch all night because I was worried that I would not be able to fall asleep, or would wake up in the middle of the night and would want to smoke. I also wanted to wake up in the morning without feeling like having a cigarette. (I don’t recall whether the instructions that came with the patch recommended wearing it 24 hours.)

Quitting is horrible. I hope you get through the first week, Meg, without too much trouble. You will feel so much better after the initial withdrawal ends. One of the craziest things about smoking is that it tricks you into thinking that stress is alleviated by having a cigarette when in fact smoking itself causes far more actual, physical stress on the body than most situational anxiety. After about a week it is still difficult psychologically, but your body starts to feel much better. Focus on that.

By: meg

meg — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:07:17 +0000

I’ve been quit 3 days now and each night I’ve dreamed constantly of smoking a cigarette and then realizing I’m supposed to be quitting and freaking out and throwing the cigarette or stomping it out, like I forgot I don’t smoke anymore. It’s almost like nightmares, I think I’m subconciously horrified I’ll relapse. But I’ve quit for extended periods like 4 times in 8 years of smoking and never had dreams like this until this time. Strange.

By: sarahB

sarahB — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:17:07 +0000

Woke up from a smoking dream. I didn’t just smoke one in my dream- I went on a smoking frenzy. I remember being conflicted in my dream about where I would go from there.

I haven’t smoked in 8 months and when I woke up enough to know that it was a dream, I was so relieved. I don’t want to smoke ever again.

By: Rex Roof

Rex Roof — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:28:52 +0000

I had a handful of dreams about smoking in the first 6 months after I quit. I remember feeling relieved in the dream that I had given in and started smoking again so that I was free to keep smoking. When I woke up I was actually disappointed that it was just a dream!