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How do I resist the urge to start smoking again with peer pressure?
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My boyfriend is pressuring me a lot and my two friends are upset because I am going out with him. I wanna run away to hide from all problems and I want to smoke to take all my pain away. I am always depressed and not hungry at all. -
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Robyn Rowe
Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist
Robyn is a clinical psychologist with a particular interest in mood disorders – depression, bipolar & schizoaffective disorders, ante & post natal depression – and … View Profile
It sounds like you are smoking to comfort yourself with respect to some personal problems. Smoking has the effect of making people feel better psychologically. If you were to deal with your underlying issues you would find it easier to stop smoking and to stay quit. In order to deal with peer pressure to smoke, you need to do some planning before you go into the particular situation where people are smoking. It means some rehearsing and having a number of strategies that you can use when people offer you cigarettes and when you are drinking alcohol etc. It's more complicated than just stopping. I suggest that you find a clinical psychologist in your area who specialises in helping people to stop smoking.
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