How to Deal With Stress While You Quit Smoking

What triggers the urge to smoke for you? Anger? Boredom? Fatigue? Joy? You may associate all of these feelings with smoking, but stress and anger might stand out as smoking triggers.

当你强调时，吸烟的冲动可能是激烈的。作为吸烟者，你可能会认为你需要香烟来保持冷静。事实上，吸烟往往会产生比消除更多的压力。

学习如何应对压力没有香烟te is difficult when you firstquit smoking。With a few tools and some practice, you'll find that it's less challenging than you might have expected.

Components of Recovering From Nicotine Addiction

有两个组成部分从尼古丁成瘾中恢复：尼古丁的实际戒断，治疗与吸烟相关的习惯的思想。

Managing Nicotine Withdrawal

你的身体对抗从尼古丁退出as well as thethousands of chemicals你吸入的香烟烟雾。这种恢复阶段创造了自己的压力，你必须准备应付。

Having an awareness of how stress fits in as a byproduct of early recovery from nicotine addiction, as well as a few tools to deal with the discomfort, will help you manage it successfully.

戒掉尼古丁时管理压力

Here are 10 tips and strategies to help you cope with stress when you quit smoking.

耐心等待自己，让您的恢复展开。尼古丁成瘾的释放逐渐逐渐。当你逐个擦除旧关联和习惯时，它发生了，用新的，更健康的选择替换它们。

及时，你可能会发现压力更容易管理无烟，而不是你吸烟。

Don't Neglect Yourself

早期停止是您应该额外注意确保所有需求的时间。以下是一些简单的指导方针，可以帮助您更舒适地通过尼古丁提取。

• 吃一个均衡的饮食。您的身体需要良好的质量燃料，因为它可以将毒素冲出到系统中。香烟消耗了许多营养和维生素，所以你将想要用均衡的饮食开始补充它们。
• 喝水。水是一个很大的戒烟援助。它可以帮助您更快地排除，并可以作为渴望的巴斯特。通过保持水分，整体感觉更好。

切出咖啡因

When you quit smoking, the amount of coffee or caffeinated cola you are typically accustomed to consuming might begin to make you jittery and anxious.

Once you're through the withdrawal process, you'll probably be able to drink coffee again—though perhaps not in the same quantity as you did before.

Take a Warm Bath

Enjoying a bath is a great way to relax and de-stress. Light a few candles, use some scented bath salts, and submerge.

Get a Massage

我们的身体倾向于抓住我们肌肉中的紧张局势，因此良好的按摩值是掌握的重量，作为缓解压力的手段。

征求您的伴侣或其他愿意的双手，帮助您从肌肉中恢复压力。全身按摩很棒，但甚至在你的脖子上花费了10或15分钟，肩膀，脸部和头皮可以工作奇迹。

Put on Your Walking Shoes

A short walk every day—even for just 15 minutes—will help you manage stress as you withdraw from nicotine. Walking reduces edginess and improves circulation.

足够的睡眠

该吸烟的早期炎症can be tiring, as your body and your mind are stressed. Allow more time for sleep if you need and can manage it. The weariness you're feeling won't last forever. Your energy will return soon.

可视化

Close your eyes and create a place in your mind that you can go to when you need to slow down and relax.

它可能是一个真实或想象的位置 - 只是使你成为你的。每次都使用同一个地方，所以它变得熟悉舒适。当你安顿下来，开始跟随你的呼吸。

Slow your breath down gradually by breathing deeply in and out for 3 to 5 minutes.

深呼吸

Deep breathing是一种快速地让前卫神经和减轻压力的方式。通过你的鼻子呼吸到三分之一的数量，然后呼气通过你的嘴一计数三个。

重复这一点几分钟。你身体的紧张局势将开始掉落。

专注于今天

We spend so much time thinking about everything but the day we have in front of us. Try not to worry about tomorrow (or forever). Try not to let yourself get lost in feelings of fear about never being able to smoke again.

决心现在充分利用。而不是today.您可以在今天保持无烟的能力。这就是你所需要的。

It might be a cliché, but baby steps! Try not to let feelings of worry abouttomorrow恐吓你today。

Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously

Expect and accept that you will have bad days—both in smoking cessation and in life. When you have an off day, resolve to put yourself on "ignore." Sometimes, the best thing we can do is to get out of our own way.

Our minds can make small issues into big ones, and turn every little thing into a drama when our moods are out of whack.

如果你有一个糟糕的一天，暂停和思考：pamper。Be good to yourself, allow for a treat (or two), and try to put your thoughts on hold. Tomorrow is a new day, you will be feeling better—and grateful to still be smoke-free.