Breathing Exercises

[USER12]

Has anyone here ever done the breathing exercises consistantly? If so, did you find them to be helpful? What kind of breathing did you find more helpful e.g. 7-11 or square breathing etc?

Thanks

[Plysg]

I do one in the loos in work when I get a bit stressed

I heard in on a self help CD, you press your middle finger and thumb together, put the tip of your tongue just behind your front top teeth and breathe in through your nose for the count of 4, hold it for 7 and then keeping your tongue where it is, let the air out your lips for 8 seconds. Repeat 3 times.

Does help me calm down.

Also, breathing through your abdomen rather than up in your chest and throat is a common piece of advice I've heard on forums and anxiety sites.

[M155anthr0p3]

Belly breathing rather than chest breathing helps me (hope no one sees me do it or I would look very fat on each breath lol!)
xxx

[Pika]

I agree with belly breathing! x

[mark83]

square breathing works for me, breath in for 5 sec, hold for 5 sec, breath out for 5 sec hold for 5 sec and repeat till you feel carm

[cromford]

Has anyone else tried mindful breathing? I found it on a site called get self help http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/mindfulness.htm It is very good. I now do this at 1pm every day and I feel very refreshed.

[Nelisthan]

Thanks for sharing an amazing Breathing Exercises..... I would say that it would be really useful for me . Thanks for sharing it .

[annette1]

Breathing exercise - either sit down or stand up but do the opposite to what you were doing when the panic started.
1. breath in slowly through your nose for a count of 5 then out through your mouth for 7. sometimes it helps if you make a noise when you exhale.
2. try to concentrate on what is happening to your lungs rather than whats going on in your head.
3. Repeat slowly until the panic passes.