shout out to all the mentally ill people who get urges to smoke even though they’ve never touched a cigarette in their life
shout out to mentally ill people who’s urges for smoking act up when their illness acts up
shout out to mentally ill people who restrain themselves from asking someone they see smoking if they have an extra
shout out to mentally ill people that weren’t able to resist their urges
shout out to mentally ill people that do everything in their power to resist their urges because they’ve seen what smoking does to a person in the long run
Fun fact: Your body often understands what it needs before we ever consciously realize it. Nicotine is a depressant; your brain, when it sees a cigarette and goes HOT SHIT GIVE ME ONE OF THOSE is often trying to tell you that your neurochem profile is way too high and it desperately wants to chill out for a while. Remember, before we as a Western society abused the hell out of it, tobacco was an accepted medical plant for just this reason.
Or: You have an oral fixation, which means go find a straw and chew the bejeezus out of that, instead.
OR, if you swing that way, go find a consensual partner with a dick and have a blast. Flavored condoms are your friends.
Hoily shit this is actually a /thing/?!?!
There’s days when all I want is a fucking cigarette. I have NEVER smoked. The damage my lungs took as a kid won’t let me. I don’t even like smelling cigarettes for the most part. They’re fucking NASTY.
But sometimes, for no fucking reason, it’s three AM and I am desperate for a cigarette.
I had no idea this is a thing holy hell.Yep, totally a thing. A similiar thing is going on if you find yourself craving cofee or strawberries, even if you hate both–your dopamine is low and your brain is desperate to get that shit balanced out.
If you look at green plants that are NOT EVEN FOOD and have a sudden urge to literally start grazing? Chances are your iron is low–green plants are often one of our primary sources of iron and our brains remember. A fierce desire to go nom on a cow isn’t an iron-craving, it’s fatty protein craving.
Crave fish even if you hate it? Omega Essential Oils 3, 6, and 9. (You can sub out with flax seed oil supplements.)
Our brains are smart, we just don’t really understand what they’re saying half the time.


