Thread: Dream smoking - Should I be worried?

So here's my story. I just quit smoking last March, so that ends up being 9 months ago or so. The problem is, despite my best efforts I still find myself smoking in my dreams. I'll always wake up worried that I broke my huge 9 month long attempt at quitting as I smoked steadily for 7 years straight, never missing a day. When I wake up more I see that it was just a dream, but still I worry. I realize I wouldn't be getting any nicotine because I'm not physically smoking anything, but still I don't know because my mind might not be able to tell the difference. I've even told some reoccurring DC's that it's become a problem. I don't see how I can stop this unless I develop perfect dream control. This doesn't seem fair as it looks like there's no real way to completely quit unless I give up sleeping all together or find a way to perfect my dream control. Both seem impossible!

While on the topic of dream interpretation and stuff, I've also been meaning to ask about some of my more recent dreams. I keep having dreams of family members coming and visiting me while asleep. These are people who are supposed to be far away, and they always disappear by morning. How is this possible? I am somewhat of a hermit, so if I'm anywhere but my room or my house I can be pretty sure that I'm dreaming. However, to my surprise I keep having these dreams.

I keep having this huge anxiety pervading through a lot of my dreams. I'll be in my room trying to sleep and I'll be afraid of some hostile presence trying to break in. Now I realize this sounds very childish, almost like the boogeyman, but it's very scary sometimes! Especially since most times it's one of my family members, and like I said they will be gone by the time I wake up. I also keep having recurring dreams of being sent to the hospital, kind of like playing off the fear of going to the doctor most people have as a child. Any possible reasoning behind this? Usually it has something to do with my dreaming, as this always happens when I'm asleep, but usually it makes me feel like I've done something wrong or my health is in question because of my smoking/dreaming.

What should I do? Any ideas or thoughts? I'm really at a loss here!