Point of note: those of you who also have their animated gifs set to run once and not loop, you're only supposed to stay exhaled for 4 seconds.
Don't do what I did.
Box Breathing
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#32Weird, I was just playing Wolfenstein: The New Order today, where the main protagonist uses this technique all the time. I'd never heard of this technique before that.
What's the phenomena called - where you encounter the same new thing multiple separate times within a short time frame?
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#33Playing with your breath is the ultimate hack of the human mind. There are seemingly endless combinations of techniques that each have a unique physiological impact on the body. Use the right one at the right time and life flows smoothly.
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#34There's growing evidence that breathing is linked to brain activity in interesting ways [1]. There's also the "4-7-8" breathing technique that is supposed to help you fall asleep faster. [2] On top of that, concentrating on breathing takes your focus away from other inner monologue and intrusive thoughts; meditation programs typically start you off on that path. [1] https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/12/rhyth…
Did the 4-7-8 thing work for you?
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#35Weird, I was just playing Wolfenstein: The New Order today, where the main protagonist uses this technique all the time. I'd never heard of this technique before that. What's the phenomena called - where you encounter the same new thing multiple separate times within a short time frame?
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time it's enemy action. -- Ian Fleming
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#36Weird, I was just playing Wolfenstein: The New Order today, where the main protagonist uses this technique all the time. I'd never heard of this technique before that. What's the phenomena called - where you encounter the same new thing multiple separate times within a short time frame?
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
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#37Point of note: those of you who also have their animated gifs set to run once and not loop, you're only supposed to stay exhaled for 4 seconds. Don't do what I did.
Out of curiosity, why do you have them set to only run once?
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#39Shameless mention of a related app that I built: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calmly/id998619858?mt=8
Struggled with severe stress and IBS during my youth; controlled breathing was really one of the only things that had an (near-immediate) effect.
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#40I got a laugh out of this.
You used a circle to depict "box breathing"; when you could just as easily have utilized a box.