Is it normal to forget to breathe all the time?

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Okay so I will just be sitting there (doing something or doing nothing) and I won't be breathing and I don't notice that I am not breathing until my chest starts hurting a minute or two later. If other people are around I don't show it or anything. I just take a big breath and I'm fine. This happens around 2-4 times per day. Does anyone else do the same thing?

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Forget... To... BREATHE?? :O

    WTF?

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  • What'sMyName?
    12 years ago

    Dammit now my breathing is off; thanks a lot.

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  • deepimpact
    12 years ago

    Its not normal, but more common than people realise. I've done it, almost like I can't be bothered taking the next breath. But obviously your body takes over and demands you breathe

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  • tori
    12 years ago

    I think I do it too. Maybe not as often as you though. One time after surgery, in the recovery room, the nurses would yell at me to breathe. Whatever I was hooked up to would sound a little alarm. There were other people in recovery and I didn't hear the nurses yell at them to breathe.

    Weird huh?!

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  • Dizzee
    12 years ago

    I forget to breathe all the time, then I'll take a big intake of air. Then, of course, I let it all out and it always sounds like a sigh so people always ask me whats wrong. Kind of gets irritating after awhile.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Daytime version of sleep apnea?

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  • TannTannDemon
    12 years ago

    Me too, but instead I yawn

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  • disthing
    12 years ago

    Best not to fall asleep then..

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  • UrbanArtLover
    12 years ago

    It's not really that you forget to breathe. Because that's something that we don't have to remind ourselves to do. Like blinking. It's more just really shallow breaths that make you think like you're not breathing because you don't get enough air in.. I get it too when I'm doing something relaxing.

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  • MissClaire
    12 years ago

    I sometimes forget, especially when I'm thinking about something intently. I just try to be more mind-ful of it.

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