day 11 and feeling v depressed!!

[nsd_user663_55376]

Ok guys I am on day 11, I really don't want to smoke ever again so why am I so utterly depressed??? I am never like this and feel like I could just sob for no reason! I am snappy and down all the time! Is this normal??? When does it get easier??

[nsd_user663_52845]

Hi Hev

I was extremely depressed in the early stages of my quit.

I really didn't think it would end to be honest .... but believe me .. it does.

I imagine the timing is different for everybody but it will get better soon.

I am not a tearful person but I will admit that I cried for England at the beginning. Often the tears would turn to laughter and cuddles and it felt good to let it out to be honest.

I was watching the film UP over Christmas and began to drip from the eyes!

Maybe not that shocking considering the film was supposed to do that but my normal type of film would be the Evil Dead or Aliens!!

It is a natural part of the process and it will ease, I promise.

Try taking long slow breaths, breathing out slowly through pursed lips..it helped me.

Well done getting to where you are now.

Stay strong and you will come through it.

Take care

Greg

[nsd_user663_54332]

It's horrible isn't it Hev?

Went through exactly the same as you are and have come out the other side of it.

Might be hard to believe for you now but it gets loads better, and it certainly doesn't last.

To be honest, I had a pretty rubbish Christmas 'cos of it - ex-smoker's cough, chest infection *and* feeling all weepy (which definitely isn't me) but it only lasted a short time!!

[nsd_user663_54510]

HI hev, Just keep telling yourself its all part and parcel of the Quit, your not going mad, or feeling sorry for yourself. Lots of us have felt the same way and still do sometimes, but it will get better. Its a strong drug that we are fighting and its not easy but it does get better honest, hang on in there.