Thread: Deep Breathing
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Old Jan 31, 2020, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by sarahsweets View Post
This is going to sound kind of ridiculous but I noticed that happens to me more when I have a slight allergy attack. I'm not saying all of your issues with it are physical I'm just saying they can affect the psychological. The most important thing with deep breathing is to flood your brain with oxygen. It's not so much about actually breathing to calm yourself down it's about getting more oxygen into your bloodstream which is why I think it helps with anxiety.

That is great advice. I wish that I had thought about that myself.