Show HN: I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety

Post by fud101 » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 2:47 AM UTC

ElijahLynn wrote: post #90

_yb2s wrote: post #76

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There is a feedback loop that characterizes the stress/anxiety response, where people breathe faster, which in turn increases the stress response, causing even faster breathing. People with chronic anxiety also develop decreased CO2 tolerance over time[1] from this rapid breathing, perpetuating the chronic rapid breath. Breath exercises that increase CO2 tolerance like Buteyko breathing allow one to interrupt this pr…

I recently came across this by accident and your explanation jives. I noticed I would get fairly fatigued, and have to take a nap around 11am every morning, and eventually found that it was basically every 4-5 hours, even mid-day too. I would take a 10-20m power nap and usually wake up feeling really good, I would even hit REM in that time. Then a few months ago, I noticed when I was having this feeling I was usually…

Post by stevofolife » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 3:07 AM UTC

ElijahLynn wrote: post #90

_yb2s wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a feedback loop that characterizes the stress/anxiety response, where people breathe faster, which in turn increases the stress response, causing even faster breathing. People with chronic anxiety also develop decreased CO2 tolerance over time[1] from this rapid breathing, perpetuating the chronic rapid breath. Breath exercises that increase CO2 tolerance like Buteyko breathing allow one to interrupt this pr…

I recently came across this by accident and your explanation jives. I noticed I would get fairly fatigued, and have to take a nap around 11am every morning, and eventually found that it was basically every 4-5 hours, even mid-day too. I would take a 10-20m power nap and usually wake up feeling really good, I would even hit REM in that time. Then a few months ago, I noticed when I was having this feeling I was usually…

Post by telcal » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

ElijahLynn wrote: post #152

_yb2s wrote: post #101

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WOW this post resonates with me on so many levels. Thank you so much for writing it out! -I have the exact same issue, I feel overwhelming fatigue that lifts with a 10 minute nap, and need to do it many times per day. I work from home, and can't really work in person because without a nap I just crash, despite getting a good nights sleep -My girlfriend pointed out that I normally breath unusually fast and shallow, ab…

Well, first thing is, can you breath through your nose? Do you have that habit down? Fixing this is really important, for me at least. If a person can't breath through their nose, I suggest trying Afrin. This was such a huge lightbulb moment for me, and was my "AHA" moment. I really didn't know that the normal human condition is to nasal breathe. My mom has the same condition and I was raised by her so I didn't reali…

Post by bikeformind » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 3:46 AM UTC

Post by grugagag » Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 3:54 AM UTC

Invictus0 wrote: post #116

I wish I had some kind of bracelet that could detect when I'm stressed and send a vibration as a signal to relax/breathe.