# I dream about smoking all the time! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-about-smoking-all-the-time/514787 "2009-10-22T21:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picard_Kills_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-about-smoking-all-the-time/514787/1 "2009-10-22T21:52:59Z")
And the weird thing is: I am not a smoker, and have never smoked anything before in my life! In previous dreams, I took up smoking for some reason, but I can’t remember, then in the following dreams I would already be an established smoker, and smoke in my dreams. What is strange, is that I don’t even know if I experience the right sensation that you would get from smoking! In last night’s episode, my wife was a smoker too. She was telling me that our smoking habit has gotten out of control, because we are smoking over a pack a day. I have had at least 5-6 of these dreams in the past week, at least that I can remember. I understand that some people smoke in stressful situations to try and alleviate the tension. I am a little stressed out about some real life situations right now, but I don’t think it is overwhelming. I wonder if smoking in my dreams is my brains way of telling me I need to find a way to relax? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-about-smoking-all-the-time/514787/2 "2009-10-22T22:13:43Z")
> [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](#): > > I wonder if smoking in my dreams is my brains way of telling me I need to find a way to relax? When I was still a virgin, I frequently dreamed about having sex. Maybe it was my brain’s way of telling me I needed to get laid already… ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-about-smoking-all-the-time/514787/3 "2009-10-22T22:19:47Z")
I have dreamed about being an established smoker too… (I also have never smoked, and I’m sure if I did it would be a miserable coughing, hacking awfulness.) ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-about-smoking-all-the-time/514787/4 "2009-10-22T22:34:15Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > When I was still a virgin, I frequently dreamed about having sex. Maybe it was my brain’s way of telling me I needed to get laid already… Yeah, I had plenty of those. Never had a smoking dream though – but then I started smoking when I was 17.