Was a comment sometime back on making everything as real as possible. You know the basic mundane routines... Have breakfast, clean your teeth, clean yourself up, get changed, make your bed etc etc.

On the other hand you can get out of sorts when routines are broken, that happens to me a lot.
Getting back to my routine as quick as possible does seem to help me.

An outsider that comes on from time to time on the board. Just thinks we are all just very sensitive people. Some truth in that. Usually my humour helps deflect the answers on why don't i want a relationship, why don't i have friends, why don't i want children, etc etc. But being pushed that my mum wanted grandchildren did frustrate the hell out of me. My mind was on overload for weeks.

Im also an Aussie so know the struggles you face with cigarettes. I am on DSP so Ive gone to rollies. I use the smallest filter I can get and been working on cutting nicotine patches in half and still smoking. It seems to be working and have saved money. Patches are on PBS so can get scripts from your GP. Even then, youre only using half of a patches so wouldnt cost too much from the chemist.

Your profile doesnt say much. So no idea of where you are with meds and therapy? Omega-3 (fish oil) does help too.

Im in WA by the way. Welcome to the board.

There is something in nicotine that calms schizophrenics....that is, most schizophrenic people smoke HUGS You're right, its like they need to make an exception to every rule....be more sensitive to people who may NEED it for some real reason....

The problem there Humunculus is that nicotine reduces the effectness of most meds. Was a post awhile back on what you did say though. Might of been about this time last year.

Yeah I don't smoke THAT...........

Idk why rest of my post got cut off... I also said I agree with Max about routine! It helps! It doesn't have to be anyone else's--make a routine that works around You and Your interests!

what about the healthy things on can do for themselves instead


ciggs are murderous to your system and it kills... everything about them is irrational... not a logical thing at all... when you smoke for years and quit ...you realize that you were only killing yourself and making excuses that its okay and defeating your free will with every drag...

build back your free will to over come simply challenges like ciggs... your a human and you have a right to love yourself better than all this crap about the rational side of cigarets

come on people you can do better than this !!!!!

i love cigarettes and don't love life

easy call in my books.

I totally get what you are saying flyorra. Having this mental illness is stressful enough and often robs us from feeling pleasure. Sometimes the only thing that I find pleasure in is from cigs and coffee...especially first thing in the morning. Sometimes knowing how good that first sip and puff is going to feel is the only thing that gets me out of bed.

Don't try to live up to society's measure or pressure. We are all different and only we know what we can and cannot handle. I can't handle friends, intimate relationships, 40-hour week job or children full-time. Knowing my limitations and honoring them is the only thing that is keeping my head above water most days.

Be who you are and don't feel guilty about that. And definitely don't apologize for who you are NOT!

Still want to meet one of those Normal People. Can you introduce me?

As for fitting in with what I think the world wants me to be... That is a chaos of different ways to be. Even my loved ones can't seem to agree on the best way to be me.

My days seem to go easier when I stay focused on what I really am.
Whatever that is to the opiner on hand...
Puff, puff...

I must be the last schizophrenic who has never smoked. I did get pneumonia by hanging around daily with a chain smoker though. I think I am very allergic to it. I remember when smoking was allowed in restaurants..I'd take my food to go. I had no choice. Now that it is illegal I can sit in a restaurant. And places like Disneyland have specific spots for smoking that I can just avoid. At hospitals there is no smoking on the premises. For my sensitive pink lungs California is totally rad. :)

people constantly work hard at killing themselves and lie that it is really enjoyable

bizzare...

but i have been there for sure...

the other side of not killing yourself and not having to lie about it
is wonderful and really a sane thing to be...

enjoy

I used to smoke three packs a day. I quit 15 years ago. When I first tried to quit I quit "cold turkey" and had full blown visual hallucinations.I had to put on a patch to stop them. I quit because I had the experience of attending the death of a person with emphysema. It is no way to go.
I have a few tips to quit. First, remember that a craving lasts about 90 seconds. That's it. If you have smoked a long time then you have probably become used to taking deep breaths only when you inhale. Sometimes a craving is really for deep air and not nicotine. So take long deep breaths and relax your body just like you are smoking. It really works. I found a homeopathic preparation with quaker button( nux vomica.) It was very helpful.
It takes about a year to stop having craving everyday. But cravings get lighter and farther apart.
Good Luck