Don't you hate it when you suddenly become aware of your own breathing?

[KSRothwell]

Don't you hate it when you become aware of your own breathing?

It drives me nuts.

 

[elime]

DAMN YOU!

I'm so f-ing OCD I'll be thinking about it all day now.

...needless to say you're not alone in this neurotic affliction.

 

[alexb]

Not quite as bad as being aware of your own blinking.

 

[John]

for some reason I do both when I'm drunk

 

[-Matt-]

Not quite as bad as being aware of your own blinking.

Damnit

 

[aim]

You guys have some issues.

 

[PhillipMarlow]

I'm OCD as fuck man....SO NOT COOL

 

[barman]

stop being so fat and you wont hear yourself breathing

 

[patrick24601]

Adam Sandler - Fatty Mcghee!
YouTube - Adam Sandler Fatty Mcgee

 

[HarveyJ]

What I really hate is noticing my teeth with my tongue...

stop being so fat and you wont hear yourself breathing

LOL

 

[$5 Submissions]

I'm sure it can get annoying. But in another setting, it's actually pretty cool. It's the first step in meditation--being aware of your breathing. Then you focus on a subpart of the breathing cycle--slowing shutting off the mind until all your attention is one small aspect of your breathing. Then everything becomes very quiet and the mind is stilled.

I noticed that my productivity skyrockets if I meditate at least once per week. Helps tremendously with FOCUS.

 

[nickclarson]

blinking is what gets me... lol

 

[SUP3RNOVA]

Falling asleep kind of gets me. Just laying in bed knowing that any minute your mind is just going to *click* and go into a completely different mode without you even realizing it.

Keeps me up sometimes lol.

 

[BigWill]

lol im always aware of my breathing, not blinking though

 

[HarveyJ]

$5 Submissions: Is there a particular form of meditation you use?
I learnt Vipashana meditation as a teenager to help me deal with anger issues, but it's really helped me just think things through rationally pretty much all the time... Very useful.

 

[Drake]

Try jogging occasionally. Your probably way out of shape if you notice that.

 

[funlol]

the worst is trying to fall asleep and becoming aware of your eye ball movements (while your eyes are closed)... it'll drive u crazy and give u a headache for many nights

 

[johnmatrix]

Yeah if you lie there and keep pushing out any thoughts that come into your mind (very difficult) so your thoughts are just empty while focusing on your breathing or heartbeat, you trick your body into thinking your asleep... and your body actually goes to sleep but your mind is still awake. Your body releases a chemical that paralyses you so you dont 'act out' your dreams (this is why you get sleep paralysis). You can feel your eyes flickering in their REM cycle, if you dont get freaked out at that point this is how you have 'out of body' experiences, lucid dreams and whatnot.

Delving into the depths of your subconciousness is fun.

 

[-Matt-]

$5 Submissions: Is there a particular form of meditation you use?
I learnt Vipashana meditation as a teenager to help me deal with anger issues, but it's really helped me just think things through rationally pretty much all the time... Very useful.

Vipassana is very useful. I always meditate before making a big decision. Helps me keep detached so the excitement/joy/anger/depression never interferes with the decision - all of which usually lead to problems. My biggest problem a couple of years ago was getting way to excited at new ideas, jumping into them, and failing because of small things (overlooked numbers, etc).

 

[JamesH]

Falling asleep kind of gets me. Just laying in bed knowing that any minute your mind is just going to *click* and go into a completely different mode without you even realizing it.

Keeps me up sometimes lol.

I'm the same way, it drives me fucking nuts.