Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)
Day 500: Stepping Out of Seven Years of Depression and Anxiety
At 500 days smoke-free, a community member reflects that quitting revealed seven years of severe depression and anxiety — and describes the quit as the beginning of walking out of a long dark period.
Experience snapshot
- Recovery day
- Day 500
- Recovery stage
- Long-Term
- Years smoking
- Not reported
- Cigarettes per day
- Not reported
- Quit attempt number
- Not reported
- Age group
- Not reported
- Gender
- Not reported
Emotional state
Describes discovering long-standing depression and anxiety, and recovering step by step after quitting.
Reported outcome
Smoke-free for 500 days at the time of the report.
Evidence status
This is a single community report (community-report). It describes one person's experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence.
This page summarizes a community-reported personal experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence. Identifying details have been removed.