# Do you feel guilty about doing bad things...in dreams?

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**Created:** [January 24, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-guilty-about-doing-bad-things-in-dreams/568760 "2011-01-24T08:06:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-guilty-about-doing-bad-things-in-dreams/568760/3 "2011-01-24T09:49:23Z")

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Very occasionally. I went on this self-celibate kick for a while, and I always felt really guilty when I would violate it in my dreams. I also would feel guilty about smoking.

I also tend to feel guilty about eating things I’m not supposed to eat, but only while in the dream itself. Once I wake up, I wonder why I didn’t just enjoy eating things I can’t have, as, half the time, I’m aware that I’m dreaming when I do it.

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