Breathing

[Entsuropi]

Whenever i think about breathing, or have breathing mentioned to me, i suddenly have to start consciously breathing, my body turns off the autopilot. Its actually really annoying. Although i guess its so i can stop breathign when i go underwater.

This does happen to everyone else, right? So that i just made you all have to think about inhale, exhale?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I've called you this before, and I'll do it again. "You Scottish Freak."

There, now that's out. I had no problem keeping the "auto pilot" on. Even when i stop to think about whether I'm breathing or not.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

I'll say this. I usually don't go underwater. Since I do float like a log. So I don't really need to thinking about breathing. Instead I've been trying to figure out a way to not have to breath at all.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

now THAT would be a useful skill. I shall start training myself immediately.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

couldn't you just use weights?

[stacer]

I know what you mean, Entropy, though you may still be a Scottish freak whether I identify with you or not. I have an exercise video that constantly reminds you to breathe. At first I thought it was annoying, but then I realized that I do forget to breathe. When I was a kid I was fascinated by the fact that breathing could be controlled or auto.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Well I took Kempo(japanese karate style) for a good year or so. I had to learn how to control my breathing. I thought it was rather easy. Although I am easily part scottish, but that germanic part just kicks it and makes me sulk. Which may be a root to other problems....

[JP Dogberry]

That same thing happens to me! It can be quite scary sometimes, since once I start thinking about it, I can only go back to autopilot by thinking about something else. Trying to do so, though, is like trying not to think about penguins. Once it's mentioned, you can't get it out of your head. So when I try to stop doing it manually, I get scared I'll not do it automatically and die.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

OOhh that kind of on and off. Ok, well since were talking about that. I can usually start thinking of one thing, then BAM! something else pops in and I lose track of the other thing. So ya, I'm like a lightswitch. I can be up or down. But then sometimes I may just be in the middle. So bleh-ble-da!

[42]

After six months of stress-management, I've learned a lot about breathing. You can control your body temperature, blood-pressure, muscle tension and many other things by focusing on your breathing. Course, in my stress-management course I learned I really suck at breathing. It hasn't done many wonders for my low self-esteem that I can't even do well at basic life functions. Oh, well.

[Mistress of Darkness]

Gemm--you scare me

And Entropy, sometimes that happens to me too, and I have to watch TV (cause that turns my brain off faster than anything else) in order for the auto-pilot to re-engage.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

2 down, 107 to go.

[stacer]

Gemm, I'm thinking you've got more than 2, they just don't say so. Add me too.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

100 down, 107 to go.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Ok, you're all freaks then.