Discussion Who smokes more cigarettes when they are feeling depressed?

[madbananas]

I feel like it's almost a subconscious method of self-harm. Haven't had a cigarette in over a day now but ready for one.

 

[Deleted member 17331]

I understand, I admire substances that can hurt me inside, so I avoid many judgments (Compared to self-harm, I have scars, and when people see, they look at me with disgust).

I am sensitive to cigarettes, when I smoke I feel my pressure start to drop and how I can fall anytime.

In summary: I smoke because of the feeling of falling, and I feel that no matter how much I am falling, no one will ever be there to save me.

 

[madbananas]

I understand, I admire substances that can hurt me inside, so I avoid many judgments (Compared to self-harm, I have scars, and when people see, they look at me with disgust).

I am sensitive to cigarettes, when I smoke I feel my pressure start to drop and how I can fall anytime.

In summary: I smoke because of the feeling of falling, and I feel that no matter how much I am falling, no one will ever be there to save me.

I don't get the pressure drop feeling but I get the heart racing. I just sit out my back garden, smoke a cigarette and cry. Your summary is relatable hugs

 

[Acerakis]

If have some on me then I will usually go through them when down but I don't smoke often so I usually don't have any anyway. I don't find I have the motivation to go out to get them when I am low.

 

[madbananas]

If have some on me then I will usually go through them when down but I don't smoke often so I usually don't have any anyway. I don't find I have the motivation to go out to get them when I am low.

I am like that. Thankfully my mum smokes and just lets me have hers. If she didn't though, I also wouldn't be going out to get some.

 

[Acerakis]

I used to use smoking as an excuse to get away from social situations for a bit to calm down and it was nice to chat to people outside in a smaller group without a ton of voices all around. But a I've not really been going to anything that stressed me out like that for a while.

 

[madbananas]

I used to use smoking as an excuse to get away from social situations for a bit to calm down and it was nice to chat to people outside in a smaller group without a ton of voices all around. But a I've not really been going to anything that stressed me out like that for a while.

Same here. I would love going outside during a break in class at college, getting outside of the classroom and away from all the people was calming.

 

[Acerakis]

Smoke breaks seemed really common during the first time I tried Uni but on my current course they don't really happen. Not sure if that is just the changing times or just a different mindset of the faculty on different courses.

 

[Krash1990]

I went from not smoking to almost two packs a day when my world crumbled:/

 

[GoBack]

I do . It's a bad cycle cause it makes me eat less which doesn't help any

 

[Good4Nothing]

I do. Been smoking for almost 30 years now.
Still not dead...

 

[cosmonaut]

Whenever I'm feeling incredibly suicidal I have like 5-6 cigarettes at a time. This maybe happens like once or twice a month, otherwise I never smoke. I find smoking tobacco so calming that I sometimes wish I could do it more often, but packs are pricey and I don't like the smell afterwards

 

[Brick In The Wall]

I chain smoke em when I'm on edge too but it barely does anything to be honest. Just get that nasty taste of when you've had too much nicotine and that's about it.

 

[Final Escape]

I do. Been smoking for almost 30 years now.
Still not dead...

Lol! Right it varies. Some people dying after 5 years of smoking others not till 99 lol!
I tried my friends little e cig looking device the other day and suddenly want one. I have never been a smoker. Only weed. So I guess iam, just not tobacco products.

 

[Doormat]

I remember reading somewhere that there is a chemical in cigs that temporarily lifts mood. Smoking is disproportionately high in people with mental health issues. Sorry I can't remember the reference though