There are 2 reasons you may experience or may have experienced this empty/lost feeling after quitting smoking.
It’s important to understand where it’s coming from so you can avoid it.
Reason 1: It’s the Adjustment Period
You just stopped smoking, which is something you’ve been doing for a long time, so you’ve entered a new phase of your life, and this is the adjustment period.
When you move houses or go on vacation, you experience a weird feeling at the beginning. It’s the adjustment.
It’s neither bad nor good. It’s just different and unknown.
So the faster you adjust to your smoke-free life, the faster this feeling will go (about a week for most people). Doing your replacement activity consistently will help speed things up.
For more, watch video 1 and video 2 from day 11 of the CBQ Program:
https://cbqmembers.com/modules/day11/
Reason 2: Emotional craving
Smoking is an emotional behavior, and we have linked it to our needs and emotions. When we crave cigarettes, in reality, we crave to meet a need we used to meet or mask by smoking.
When you have that feeling of wanting or feeling empty, ask yourself, “What do I really need right now?” (certainty, comfort, excitement, connection, attention, self-love…)
Once you find what’s the need you’re after and meet it in a healthy way, the craving will go.
For more, watch video 2 from day 8 of the CBQ Program: