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 AtticusProphet
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 remember to breathe 
#8434987 - 05/22/08 10:37 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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seriously. im a social phobe and lately i've been getting into meditation pretty heavy. After starting deep breathing exercises i started noticing more about the way i breathe in different situations. in a social setting, i find that i'm barely even breathing. literally. the air barely gets past my throat. if i just take a few seconds and focus on breathing deep from the abdomen a few times I'm instantly more relaxed and really feel better about myself. maybe its because my brains getting more oxygen its been craving, or maybe its because i finally take my mind off myself and what people are thinking, idk. but it works like hell  
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I also always have to remind myself to remember to breathe a lot, really does help
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boxcarguy07
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I totally feel you... pretty much everything you just said goes for me as well. After i get out of a situation where I wasn't feeling very relaxed, I'll think back and be like... shit was I even breathing? I've been reminding myself more often lately
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 memes
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 Re: remember to breathe [Re: boxcarguy07]
#8437602 - 05/23/08 05:23 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I hear ya' on this one guys.
I was gettin some pretty annoying anxiety in the past month, and breathing exercises have completly healed it. I owe a lot to them, specifically the $xx.xx a month that a 'script would've cost.
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imagine
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Re: remember to breathe [Re: memes]
#8439239 - 05/24/08 02:53 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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also, for me in social situations where i become nervous or anxious i tend to realize that i'm fidgety. whether it's playing with something around me or just moving my feet up and down. the next time i stay conscious and the outcome is much different. 
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whattheheck
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Re: remember to breathe [Re: imagine]
#8443789 - 05/25/08 02:56 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I became aware of the same thing here a while back. Not to mention that often times I hold my breath while I eat.
It's interesting because after a while, you start to notice other people's breathing patterns and most everyone is goofy.
If you don't get the breathing right, nothing else really works the way it should.
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Re: remember to breathe [Re: whattheheck]
#8455244 - 05/28/08 12:36 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Whenever I trip, my breathing becomes so erratic that I get scared. Erratic meaning that I more yawn than breath, and that happens every 15-20 seconds. It is a bit frightening...
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godspeedyou
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Re: remember to breathe [Re: Hopi]
#8492677 - 06/06/08 01:06 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Mindfulness in social situations seems to make me feel way more comfortable. This definitely works.
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Re: remember to breathe [Re: godspeedyou]
#8493557 - 06/06/08 05:16 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Andrew Weil has some great stuff on breathing.
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WhiskeyClone
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Re: remember to breathe [Re: sunflower]
#8493651 - 06/06/08 05:46 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yes! Andrew Weil is a great all around source of health information.
www.drweil.com
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Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it.
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