Weird dreams about smoking.

[Howester84]

Hi, I'm now 9 weeks into vaping and still succeeding. Just lately I have been having these weird dreams where I'm either smoking a regular analogue or asking people to give me an analogue. Just finding it quiet odd. Happened about 6 or 7 times now. Has anyone else had these sort of dreams or should I say nightmares since quitting? When I'm awake I try to block out all thoughts about smoking and quickly find something to do to occupy my mind. I know this is very random but I am interested to know your experiences with since quitting the smokes.

 

[TheJakeBailey]

I'm sure I had dreams that included smoking, even after I quit. I smoked for 18 years, so I think it takes a long while to get that out of your brain. I'm exactly 7 months in today, and when I picture things in my minds eye, cigarettes are still attached to a lot of things.

BUT, for something really strange... I REGULARLY have dreams about vape gear, looking at vape gear online, talking to people about vape gear, etc. It's not a part of the dream, it's what the dream is about!!! lol I think I have a problem...

 

[freeatlast!]

I think that's quite common in smokers who have quit. I've heard many people tell about their smoking dreams after quitting, on here and face to face. My husband, who quit 12 years ago due to lung cancer, has had them. I've been quit just over 6 months now, and had my first dreams of smoking within the last week - 1 night right after the other. Things with emotional impact in our lives tend to enter our dream lives....

Hang in there, and congrats for quitting!!

 

[Howester84]

I'm sure I had dreams that included smoking, even after I quit. I smoked for 18 years, so I think it takes a long while to get that out of your brain. I'm exactly 7 months in today, and when I picture things in my minds eye, cigarettes are still attached to a lot of things.

BUT, for something really strange... I REGULARLY have dreams about vape gear, looking at vape gear online, talking to people about vape gear, etc. It's not a part of the dream, it's what the dream is about!!! lol I think I have a problem...

Thanks. Glad its not just me lol. Given time then I'll be dreaming about the vape next. This hobby is really growing on me.

 

[Howester84]

I think that's quite common in smokers who have quit. I've heard many people tell about their smoking dreams after quitting, on here and face to face. My husband, who quit 12 years ago due to lung cancer, has had them. I've been quit just over 6 months now, and had my first dreams of smoking within the last week - 1 night right after the other. Things with emotional impact in our lives tend to enter our dream lives....

Hang in there, and congrats for quitting!!

Thanks. As long as the bad smoking thoughts remain in my dreams and not my everyday thinking I'll be happy.

 

[stylemaster2001]

lol, I just had a dream last night where I was telling a friend about some juice...woke up and thought, "hey, Idon't even have that juice irl yet!!!

 

[nicetucu]

I think it's pretty common. I'm starting to do this myself after almost 9 months of no smoking... weird eh

I'm afraid to have just one cig because I feel I'm one of those people who would enjoy it way too much and go back to smoking again.

Came close yesterday, but decided not to. What I truly miss I can't talk about on this board lol

 

[Bunnykiller]

lol, I just had a dream last night where I was telling a friend about some juice...woke up and thought, "hey, Idon't even have that juice irl yet!!!

maybe it was a prophecy...

 

[stylemaster2001]

OH NO.....more vape mail!!! lol

 

[Lucky1384]

I had one last week where I woke up feeling disgusted because I thought I had had one!

I don't remember anything else in particular about the dream other than smoking a cigarette in great detail. The bit that got me was finishing it where the filter tip is brown and goes really soft. Then the smell on my fingers afterwards!

I felt like it was my brain telling me to never go back because this is how disgusting you will feel!

 

[Howester84]

OH NO.....more vape mail!!! lol

lol My postman hates me now. We used to have a good relationship before the vaping hobby.

 

[Howester84]

I had one last week where I woke up feeling disgusted because I thought I had had one!

I don't remember anything else in particular about the dream other than smoking a cigarette in great detail. The bit that got me was finishing it where the filter tip is brown and goes really soft. Then the smell on my fingers afterwards!

I felt like it was my brain telling me to never go back because this is how disgusting you will feel!

It was exactly the same for me. I thought I had broken my run. willpower wouldn't be happy if I did go back. I would feel too guilty to be a smoker now. Especially after all the support I have had from friends and family.

 

[Lucky1384]

It was exactly the same for me. I thought I had broken my run. willpower wouldn't be happy if I did go back. I would feel too guilty to be a smoker now. Especially after all the support I have had from friends and family.

Exactly. When I've tried to quit before, I've kept it quiet in case I failed. I think telling everyone and giving away any remaining tobacco/cigarettes definitely helped. I got myself into the mindset that I shouldn't even think about them in case I let everyone down. As luck would have it, I've found it incredibly easy to completely stop and just vape instead. I'm enjoying it much more!

 

[Rickb119]

I find that if I lower my nicotine level (from 18mg to 10mg) starting in the afternoon, I no longer have weird dreams.

 

[mare ze dotes]

I had a night mare where I drempt I bought a pack of cigs. I felt so bad that after all my time smoke free I would do that. I was very relieved upon waking. I know now that I will never buy again.

On the other hand I do vape in my dreams every so often.

 

[Recycled Roadkill]

I've had those dreams when quitting cold turkey (prior to vaping) but they always went away. All I had to do was start smoking again.

Fortunately this has happened only once since I began vaping.

For my wife the dreams are actually a reality. She had a couple at a birthday party we attended. Oh well.

 

[sweetgypsea]

A few weeks after I started vaping, I had many dreams about smoking analogs as well. It's been a couple weeks now since I've had any dreams like that. What's funny is, they hit me all at once; like I would have a dream about smoking every night for a week or so and then it just....stopped. Strange.

 

[Purplepeeps]

I had my first smoking nightmare the other night. In the dream I found one cigarette and lighter in my coat pocket. I smoked it and was a wreck with myself over doing it. It's strange because I don't think about smoking any more.

 

[Bramble]

I had those dreams the first time I quit. I would wake up completely furious with myself for smoking, only to realize it was just a dream.

Then I started having dreams that I could run. Fast and far, and never get tired. Weird

 

[Taowulf]

Does having dreams about smoking BEFORE I ever smoked count?

But no dreams about smoking yet since I quit. Had a weird dream about manufactured rainbows and working at an event for A&W employees...but I blame that on the root beer juice I'd been vaping.