You should talk to a therapist . They will be able to analyze you specific mental health symptoms and need and determine weather smoking will be detrimental or helpful . Everyone ' s mental health is different so it is important to speak to a trained professional <| sep |> Glad someone gets me . Also happy cakeday <| sep |> In my experience , it ' s best to try to find a balance . This is my second year teaching new debaters , and so far this year is going much better than last year . Last year , I pretty much let my novices rely on my prep . I even prepped things I wasn ' t running myself for their benefit . To be honest , it didn ' t go that well . This year , I ' ve provided them with all of what I had that would be useful for them , and then guided them towards doing their own research to fill in areas where we were low on evidence they needed . So far it ' s definitely worked out better this way . I think part of it has been that I ' ve helped a lot with planning cases and rebuttals , but haven ' t just made them for them . That way they are clear on what cards they need , so it ' s just a matter of seeing what I ' ve already provided and what is still needed .