Day 6

[michkin]

I don't understand what's going on, I see people smoking and it doesn't bother me, I am not thinking about smoking a cigarette when I wake up in the morning and I am not having any physical withdrawals that I am aware of BUT I am deperssed beyond belief.  I don't want to go to the gym, I'm sad I feel like crying and I can't seem to get myself out of this sadness.  I mean I understand that if I smoke I'll still be sad or depressed but why am I having emotional withdrawals and no physical ones?  Yes I'm eating a little more but nothing special, nothing unhealthy.  What the heck is happening to me?

[lois2]

your body is going threw a change it takes a month for the body and mind to get back togerather, cry ,scream, what ever you want to do . i cry a lot when i first quit, you can do this, your normal so hang in there.

[Newfound_Joy]

Count your blessings that you are not having strong cravings to deal with!  You will be on an emotional roller coaster for awhile.  This is a HUGE change for your body.

Drink lots of water to flush out the toxins.  STAY BUSY.  Think of all kinds of projects that you can do now with your extra time.  The sadness and depression will go away.   I promise!  Hang in there.

And you will get motivated to go to the gym and exercise.  Be patient with yourself.

You are doing GREAT!  Stay with us.....it does get better!

NOPE

[YoungAtHeart]

You might want to go check out the blog on my page which lists "Early Withdrawal Symptoms."  Roller coaster emotions are on the list!  Please don't let the list scare you, though.....lots of folks only experience one or two of the things listed, but I think it is helpful to understand what is perfectly normal.  The good news is that NONE of these things will hang around for that long.  

You will be discovering your new normal after 2-3 weeks!

Hang in there - it gets better and easier - I promise!

Nancy

Quit 7/4/12

[Thomas3.20.2010]

Yes, perfectly normal. You've taken away endorphins - the brain goodies that kept us addicted. But you can get endorphins in other ways - chocolate, romance, exercise, creativity. Another thing that helped me was ritual - like a funeral for your addiction or a birthing of the new you! The most important thing of all - Keep 'em away from your face!

[Nyima_1.6.13]

Yep, I thought the depression would never go away but it only lasted about a week. Make yourself go to the gym! You will thank yourself in the end! I ran for a half hour on the tread mill one day with tears running down my face BUTT when I got off I felt better! Don't fight it either! Trust that it is just a part of the process and it will dissipate!

[joyeuxencore]

Hi There!!  Feeling BLUE as the day is long is SO normal to me///hang in there! The end of  constant dopamine release with cigs all day long to the brain is shocking!!!xo

[joyeuxencore]

thank you for making me a friend...xo

[jooch]

Hi Michkin,

Congratulations on your 6th smoke free day!  Your doing this.  I was very sad, angry, and a bubblehead my first two weeks of the quit.  Went through alot of emotions like a rollar coaster.  Hang on - this to shall pass!  I'm 57 days free.  It was worth the first two weeks of hell.  Right now at this moment in time, I'm not a slave to nicotine.  I kept my hands and mind busy by staying on this site.  I googled about smoking and really took a good hard long look at how horrible smoking was for me and how it affects every aspect of a good healthy life.  I didn't want it anymore.  I read and looked at pictures about how bad smoking was and after that it changed the way I thought about smoking.

You can do this!  Hugs Judy

[michkin]

Thanks everyone for commenting I'm still feeling down but now that I know it's a normal part of the process and this too shall pass I can just grab some dinner and watch some tv and hug my kitty cat and get through this.  I really appreciate your comments and encouragement thank you very much

Michelle

[michkin]

PS how do you creat one of those awesome things on your page that shows your counters since you quit smoking?  Those are really cool and seeing mine every day would just encourage me to keep at ti  thank you