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SMOKING CIGARETTES?

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DOES THIS HELP WITH ANXIETY??

ANYONE KNOW?

DON'T CIGS SLOW YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DOWN?
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Cigs actually make anxiety worse. I used to smoke like a trooper when I was stressed but it made me worse. I didnt realise though that it was prolonging it and kept lighting up one after the other at one point
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I agree with Kate. I was a fiend when I was anxious and the more I smoked the more anxious I became, the more anxious I became the more I smoked. I quit in May thankfully, I would probably be up to a carton a day if I was still smoking lol

~R~
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I dunno,it's killed my lungs though.I am planning to stop again.How you feeling?You were pretty down the other night x
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They are a stimulant so no they do not help.I was a smoker and gained no benefits from them.

something to think about......if cigarettes helped with anxiety then all the smokers in the world would be stress and anxiety free!
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i think it depends on the person. when i get stressed out it helps me
kiwicsi
kiwicsi
I've never been a smoker, so that makes me qualified to give my 2 cents, LOL. Altho ppl smoke to 'calm' themselves, cigs are actually a stimulant and get your heart rate up. So I doubt they would help anxiety. More likely they will increase it.
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I started smoking to stop self harming, now I"ve stopped self harming and I'm addicted to cigarettes. I still get anxiety attacks and smoking doesn't keep them away ... Don't Start!!!
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Most importantly, being addicted to cigarettes is far worse than anything I can think of that you could do to your body, your family, friends, pets, safety, finances, ecology, karma .... you name it.
I smoked for 32 years. I thought they calmed me, but all they "calmed" was my intense, murderous, fanatical, obsessive craving for the next cigarette.
If you've got one tenth the sense God gave a pig, DO NOT START THIS HABIT. It will kill you and every ounce of self esteem you ever hope to have right along with it.
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