Odd sin/confession situation

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OK, I hate to start up a whole new thread on this, but I couldn’t find an existing one to tag this onto. So yesterday morning I was either half-asleep or sleeping, and I comitted that certain sin… but the thing is, I don’t know if I should confess it or not because I’m unclear as to whether I have the guilt of the mortal sin or if it is diminished. I mean, I’m not sure if I really knew what I was doing since I might have been half-asleep… Heck, I’m not even sure it actually happened; it might have been one of those “lucid dream” thingies.

Can someone help me? Because I really want to go to Mass tomorrow (I’ve been wanting to go since Monday…) but I don’t know if I’m supposed to confess this… And if I am, what do I say?! :eek:
 
Confess it anyway and let the priest counsel you as to seriousness, okay? Always err on the side of the safety of your soul.
 
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Confess it anyway and let the priest counsel you as to seriousness, okay? Always err on the side of the safety of your soul.
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Good advice. From my own experience I’ve found that trying to assess mitigating factors usually just leads to excuse-making and tends to obscure the objective evil of sin.
 
:crying:

I really honestly am confused as to what happened. But, yes, you’re right.

Stupid, stupid sin… :crying:
 
If you have an orgasm in your sleep, it’s out of your control. I’m pretty sure it happens to me once in a while. Maybe some small part of your subconsious will acceeds to it, but I really don’t think it’s a sin. Ask Fr Serpa or do a search. Any orthodox priest would say that a wet dream is not a consious act of the will.
 
Well, I don’t know if I had an orgasm or not, but it was probably something near it… I don’t think it was one of those things that happen because of purely physical reasons during sleep (they talked about this in psych class) if it really did occur, since I did act to “cause” it, in whatever half-compliant/half-asleep/“lucid dream” kind of way… And then again, it might have been all just in my head. I don’t think a search is going to help me figure this out.

I will go to confession tomorrow, though. sigh Man, there goes my “I’m finally free of having to confess this one!” streak… :crying:
 
A good priest once told me that if you’re not sure whether something was a mortal sin, it probably wasn’t. I suppose one could be reasoning it away, but typically if one understands gravity and isn’t sure about whether something was grave enough, you didn’t have all of the circumstances to fully meet the criteria for mortal sin. That said, if you’re worried, just confess it.
 
I really honestly am confused as to what happened. But, yes, you’re right.

Stupid, stupid sin… :crying:
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Quit beatin’ yourself up over it and get that confession. I’m just saying that you need to let the priest help you inform a good conscience on this. Even if it’s a mortal sin, it’s what reconciliation is all about. 🙂
 
If you did it when you were asleep/half asleep, and were not thinking about what you were doing at all (you were just doing it) and you didn’t conciously think “I should stop this” but choose not to, a priest doesn’t have to tell you- it’s common sense- it wasn’t a mortal sin, or even a sin at all.
 
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