The Mental Effects of Quitting Smoking

If you are in the right frame of mind there are virtually no side effects of quitting smoking. Many smokers are brainwashed into thinking they will suffer terrible side effects when attempting to quit. A whole industry has been built upon this, the best example is nicotine replacement therapy. Virtually every single advert on this subject involves telling smokers they will require willpower to deal with the withdrawal symptoms.

This very lucrative industry preys on the fragile mental state of smokers. However, this is not true. Many smokers are very strong mentally. The industry with the most smokers is the medical profession. Now you cannot tell me that doctors and nurses have fragile minds. These people make life and death decisions on a daily basis. They are as strong willed as anyone.

So why is it that when it comes to stopping smoking, most smokers accept that they will have to go through a period of mental anguish and suffering? Because they have been brainwashed into thinking this is the case.

When you stop smoking your brain will tell you it wants more nicotine. You now face the withdrawal symptoms, which is all in the mind. There are no physical symptoms, you don't start shaking if you can't relieve these symptoms. All you know is that there is a little itch that needs scratching.

If you are not prepared this little itch can be very powerful. You will spend all day hoping it will go away. But whilst you are in this frame of mind it will only get worse. It starts as soon as you wake up. Within a few minutes of waking your brain has begun telling you that it wants its fix of nicotine. It hits you like a sledgehammer, after all you have just gone around 8 hours without smoking while you were asleep. Where you kept awake all night by these symptoms?

If you ask a smoker to last 8 hours through the day without smoking they will find it very difficult because while they are awake their brain is demanding nicotine. This constant assault on your brain makes concentrating on anything a chore. This is why many smokers feel irritated and anxious when attempting to quit. It is like a leaking tap going off in their head, slowly dripping all day long.

It does not have to be like this. When I tried to quit smoking in the past I felt exactly like this. It drives you insane, there is no getting away from it. The reason is that i was unprepared to deal with these mental effects of quitting smoking. Not long into my attempt i could not hold out any longer and the inevitable happened.

When I successfully quit I was totally prepared, and I had no feelings of deprivation or cravings from nicotine. In fact i enjoyed purging the nicotine from my body. I had no side effects at all, and in my opinion this is the best way to quit smoking, but you can only do this if you know how. Nicotine patches only make things more difficult, they keep nicotine in your system and this keeps your brain thinking about nicotine. The best way to stop smoking is to rid yourself of nicotine straight away, which in turn will stop your brain thinking about nicotine. The sooner this happens the sooner you will be free.

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