It is kind of funny, but I realize this is the first time I remember having seen any research being done on this issue. Yet, it is something I remember telling at every clinic I have ever run, starting with the first. It was one of the symptoms I noticed with my first group. I briefly mentioned it here at Freedom in the article blood sugar symptoms, with the comment of "time perception distortions." This is how I always refer to it in the clinic. I would ask the group how many people experience time perception distortions, purposely not implying what direction the distortion may take. The reaction of the group is almost universal though--anyone who experiences the time distortion says it is in the direction of the slowing of time. Many people in my groups say that the first day or two that they quit smoking often seem as if they are among the longest days of their lives.

While the first few days may seem to last longer, in reality they last only 24 hours each. But life does often last longer when a person quits smoking as long as he or she sticks with his or her commitment to never take another puff!

Joel


Edited 1 time by FreedomNicotine Mar 29 09 10:22 AM.