Thinking about starting smoking again

[Dorothy Wood]

Im pretty sure I had fewer panic attacks when I was a smoker. Because I could be like *brb, smoke time* if I started feeling antsy.

It's been about 4 months since I had a cigarette. Maybe I'll get better at managing my stress though...smoking is annoying, expensive and gross. *sigh*

[Waus]

Maybe try e-cigs? They're supposedly better for you.

[LuciferHam]

Don't do it.

[TurdBerglar]

did you post this thread just so people can yell at you and call you a retard for smoking?

[Dorothy Wood]

No, I just had a bad day and was trying to pass some time.

I feel physically ill when things are not logical/practical, and there has been a lot of that going on lately. Anyway it used to be I could maybe step outside and smoke to get perspective. But now I just stew and get overwhelmed. I'm not gonna get into it, because it doesn't make too much sense, but basically people wasting time or eating loudly or talking too loudly or just being stupid in general has been making my body react involuntarily...indigestion, nausea, shaking. All because of very non dramatic situations. Like people telling me they just moved here. I have the urge to react violently, but obviously I can't. Or some lady telling me about her sweater. I want to scream "I DON'T CARE", but I can't so I just get the urge to vomit or shit instead.

It's just good ol fashioned anxiety. I think I used to quell it more effectively with cigarettes.

I have an e cig, haven't smoked it in a long time though. It helped me quit.

[Bob]

you shouldn't smoke

but you knew that

[TurdBerglar]

what's stopping you from stepping outside?


go outside and stomp on some ants or something

[Dorothy Wood]

you shouldn't smoke

but you knew that

Yes, this is secretly a thread about anxiety

[Dorothy Wood]

what's stopping you from stepping outside?


go outside and stomp on some ants or something

The streets are filled with even more morons. Plus I'm in charge. Gotta be there on top of shit. There is an "emergency" like 25 times a week. And sometimes it's like I have to design a new floor plan and layout for the shop, but also glue together a fucking dried leaf for two hours because I'm fixing things other people fucked up.

And I get no respect, I tell ya! I get no respect....

[Kid Presentable]

I have just quit cigarettes again and come off anti-depressants and rely solely on basic mindfulness exercises such as connecting with my senses to rest my attention on the present. I have been neither depressed nor anxious in that time. Find a mindfulness course in your area, do that, and reap the benefit of being free from caputured thoughts and waking sleep.

For what it's worth, quitting those two things at the same time was horrendous, and while achieveable I certainly now dedicate myself somewhat to ensuring that I never have to quit them again.

[Adam]

Learn to juggle.

[checkyourprez]

try some yoga, dog.

[Dorothy Wood]

Thanks guys. Those things seem expensive though. I will try to read about mindfulness. I already try to do that a bit it seems. Yesterday I decided that today I would change my attitude, and it worked pretty well. I let go of some nagging thoughts and made a list of things to do instead of just trying to mentally keep track.

Plus I did some research last night and I think I found a therapist that seems cool. It's hard to tell by an online profile, but she does like art therapy stuff that I might like better than just talking.

Also turns out there's an indoor pool like a quarter mile from my house, might start swimmin.

[TurdBerglar]

I remember they had to drain the pool in high school because these two were caught fucking in it. everyone was grossed out to go in it.