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Wait, people aren't breathing through noses?

senectus1 3y ago
I found that I have to consciously close my mouth and "tell myself" to breath only through my nose. When I do this i sleep better.
- ghusbands 3y ago
  You sleep better by consciously breathing through your nose at night? Or during the day?
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    Probably by falling asleep with their mouth closed so that they breathe through their nose for the night.
    - senectus1 3y ago
      yes this
      - LoganDark 3y ago
        I know someone who has to make a "vacuum seal" with their mouth, that is, make some slight suction on the inside so that they won't drool in the night. Is it anything like that?
        senectus1 3y ago
        um... not consciously no. I think its more just being mindful. Something i feel we could all benefit from doing more of.
        LoganDark 3y ago
        > I think its more just being mindful. Something i feel we could all benefit from doing more of. Absolutely, I'm always surprised by the lack of this in some people. Like are they not self-aware or concerned at all? Just floating through the world existing? Ignorance is bliss but I sure wouldn't want to live like that myself.
        senectus1 3y ago
        too much stimulation. the ways in which we are and can be stimulated are increasingly devisable and persistent. Information or stimulation addiction is a thing...
        LoganDark 3y ago
        Hah, preaching to the choir here, ADHD brain that basically shuts down unless there is a constant supply of new and interesting stimuli. I usually can't even get enough, so I end up sleeping for 13 hours and then not even staying up for 8 afterwards. I literally need "stimulants" in order to even have a 24-hour schedule, lol.
amanj41 3y ago
I'm not sure if it started this way, but I mostly breathe through my mouth at night due to significant congestion in my nasal passage. If I use a nasal rinse or flonase it helps but if I'm not diligent it regresses immediately.
- khazhoux 3y ago
  Give this a shot for a week or two. Just jam these up there. It will be uncomfortable at first but you get used to it. Really opens you up and takes away a ton of resistance in nasal breathing. https://a.co/d/18eLtdw https://a.co/d/18eLtdw
tsgagnon 3y ago
I had to have my deviated septum surgically corrected back in my late teens before I was capable of breathing consistently through my nose. Even simple things like chewing with my mouth closed were difficult because I couldn't breath well enough with my nose only.
stuffuru 3y ago
lots of people with chronic allergic or non-allergic rhinitis aren't able to breathe through their nose.
dtech 3y ago
Nope, usually feel like I don't get enough air.

I found that I have to consciously close my mouth and "tell myself" to breath only through my nose. When I do this i sleep better.

ghusbands 3y ago
You sleep better by consciously breathing through your nose at night? Or during the day?
- LoganDark 3y ago
  Probably by falling asleep with their mouth closed so that they breathe through their nose for the night.
  - senectus1 3y ago
    yes this
    - LoganDark 3y ago
      I know someone who has to make a "vacuum seal" with their mouth, that is, make some slight suction on the inside so that they won't drool in the night. Is it anything like that?
      - senectus1 3y ago
        um... not consciously no. I think its more just being mindful. Something i feel we could all benefit from doing more of.
        LoganDark 3y ago
        > I think its more just being mindful. Something i feel we could all benefit from doing more of. Absolutely, I'm always surprised by the lack of this in some people. Like are they not self-aware or concerned at all? Just floating through the world existing? Ignorance is bliss but I sure wouldn't want to live like that myself.
        senectus1 3y ago
        too much stimulation. the ways in which we are and can be stimulated are increasingly devisable and persistent. Information or stimulation addiction is a thing...
        LoganDark 3y ago
        Hah, preaching to the choir here, ADHD brain that basically shuts down unless there is a constant supply of new and interesting stimuli. I usually can't even get enough, so I end up sleeping for 13 hours and then not even staying up for 8 afterwards. I literally need "stimulants" in order to even have a 24-hour schedule, lol.

amanj41 3y ago

I'm not sure if it started this way, but I mostly breathe through my mouth at night due to significant congestion in my nasal passage. If I use a nasal rinse or flonase it helps but if I'm not diligent it regresses immediately.

khazhoux 3y ago
Give this a shot for a week or two. Just jam these up there. It will be uncomfortable at first but you get used to it. Really opens you up and takes away a ton of resistance in nasal breathing. https://a.co/d/18eLtdw https://a.co/d/18eLtdw

tsgagnon 3y ago

I had to have my deviated septum surgically corrected back in my late teens before I was capable of breathing consistently through my nose. Even simple things like chewing with my mouth closed were difficult because I couldn't breath well enough with my nose only.

stuffuru 3y ago

lots of people with chronic allergic or non-allergic rhinitis aren't able to breathe through their nose.

dtech 3y ago

Nope, usually feel like I don't get enough air.