Cognitive Quit Smoking

One of the first symptoms of withdrawal that smokers report is anxiety.
I did a google search for define: anxiety which returned these physical
components:
“often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, chest pain
and/or shortness of breath”
“accompanied by restlessness or tension”
“rapid heart beat, feeling faint and trembling”
and this complete definition from www.depression-help-center.com/glossary.htm
“an uncomfortable emotional state in which one perceives danger, feels
powerless and experiences tension in preparation for an expected danger.
Physical symptoms include increased heart rate, irregular breathing,
trembling, and sweating.
Some of that may occur only in instances of extreme anxiety. But the
physical sensations are present in subtle forms right from the start. It’s
these physical elements that we’ve associated with relief by cigarette. And

that’s because a dose of nicotine will generally relieve all of those body
cues, even if only for a very short time.
Can you remember the last time you felt anxious? Can you imagine yourself
anxious? If you can, what do you observe about your body? Are you jumpy,
antsy, fidgety? Can you picture how you’d be breathing?
Aside from smoking, what alternative effective actions would relieve
muscle/motor tension and irregular breathing?

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