Smoking is like a stress ball for certain people. From my smoking years I remember it calming me down a lot, making me feel better. Obviously it's temporary and soon enough you have a new reason to smoke. Still, in those very desperate moments a cigarette is great. When my mother died and I was lost, panicked, overwhelmed by new feelings I didn't understand, smoking really did ease the pain momentarily. That's all I needed at the time to get through. So when I say it's good for the mind, this is what I mean.
Nicotine is actually a stimulant, not a calminative. The reason why a smoke calms you is that it relieves the withdrawal symptoms which have built up since the last cigarette. Like any addiction, it masks negative feelings which often all come pouring out when people quit, then can't deal with them and start smoking again. That is NOT good for the mind and grief counselling would've been a better option for you than tobacco.
And of course it's definitely not good for the body given that half of all smokers die of a smoking related condition, often decades after they quit.
In those very desperate moments when all you want is a few minutes of relaxation, a cigarette feels great. And you don't care what it does to your body, you just want to feel better. It has managed to make me feel better momentarily and forget the emotional pain which is all I truly wanted then.
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I said "in a way" for a reason lady.
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What way would that be?
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Smoking is like a stress ball for certain people. From my smoking years I remember it calming me down a lot, making me feel better. Obviously it's temporary and soon enough you have a new reason to smoke. Still, in those very desperate moments a cigarette is great. When my mother died and I was lost, panicked, overwhelmed by new feelings I didn't understand, smoking really did ease the pain momentarily. That's all I needed at the time to get through. So when I say it's good for the mind, this is what I mean.
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Nicotine is actually a stimulant, not a calminative. The reason why a smoke calms you is that it relieves the withdrawal symptoms which have built up since the last cigarette. Like any addiction, it masks negative feelings which often all come pouring out when people quit, then can't deal with them and start smoking again. That is NOT good for the mind and grief counselling would've been a better option for you than tobacco.
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In those very desperate moments when all you want is a few minutes of relaxation, a cigarette feels great. And you don't care what it does to your body, you just want to feel better. It has managed to make me feel better momentarily and forget the emotional pain which is all I truly wanted then.
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Of course, I remember that feeling VERY well in lots of circumstances.