So not only have I spent numerous days in and out of ERs and hospitals rooms since the age of 5yo, 5 of them were in ICU for a week, then basic room for another week due to chronically suffocating to the point of deffocating in public before the EMTs rescued me.

Once the tube has been removed from being intubated, which consisted of having a tube shove down my nostrils while I’m awake, and later while under, down my throat for the life support machine and then having my lungs scraped sometimes while I’m awake, I’ve become clairvoyant. Each time I suddenly view our world entirely in different light than most humans. You see, some of those details I wish I could forget, but I can’t. There have been many times I have no recollection of events right before I’ve been intubated.

Today, at 57yo, my recall is pretty good where I can recall events from when I was 2yo. Because of my chronic suffocating I became an Autodidact, a self learner in order to survive in this violent world where I became a Children’s Librarian Aide for 8 years. I’m able to recall where 10s of 1000s of materials are listed at better than the Librarians with Library Science Degrees that have to use their computers to locate the same materials I can simply recall. But maybe it has to do with me also being the person who has placed those books, cds, dvds, etc… in their sections down to the decimal points and or names. The thing is they are the people who’ve logged and labeled those materials before they’re put into their sections.

Maybe my memory is healthy today due to eating clean as a vegan for many years, and because I spend a lot of time in Negative Ionospheres where I’ve become Lean & Keen? lol! But I do forget some things now mainly in the mornings.

Nevertheless, I can see where breathing matters when it comes to our ability to remember, but this fact only adds more to me wondering how well I could have done in life if not for my chronic asthma!

Now why did I log on to Facebook for again??

David – writing ‘avg 50/50’ you probably mean amount of air – correct. Zelano means (‘amount of’) time. You can try for yourself changing the proportion, e.g. 3sec in – 6sec out and then the other way. You will probably feel the difference. The latter not only builds excitement but also supports it.
I understand that Zelano is trying to guess why it would be evolutionary beneficial.
Btw. if you associate inhale with assimilation and exhale with elimination – the above also makes sense, doesn’t it?

I had something similar happen to me. I couldn’t calm my breath at all and felt terrible. I went to see a Somatic Experencing therapist. He taught me to breath out slowly for count of 6 and to then hold my breath for count of 6 (or more if you can) then breath in normally. Repeat these breathing out and holding breaths for 3 – 5 mins. This calms down the whole breathing process and the flight or fight mode or freeze mode which you maybe in after having a shock like you have had. Give it a try and you will feel loads better!

Hi Lory, While I am not a “specialist” in epileptic seizures, what I have found in working with clients who have them is that by careful observation of their breathing they can get to the point where they can often detect a seizure coming on 2 minutes before it happens. This is important because it then gives them a warning to get into a prevention / minimization mode.

A person can exhale and inhale at different speeds to change the ratio from 50/50 to something else. From my own observations as an energy healer who guides clients to live with a breath consciousness, a lot of people have a hard time inhaling a deep breath yet find it much easier to take a deep exhale. The difficulty with taking a deep breath may account for more time spent inhaling when the demand for oxygen is greater than usual.

Then he piles on with “Thus, our body’s innate response to fear with faster breathing could have a positive impact ..”, to which I say no, wouldn’t a controlled, lengthened inhalation followed rapid exhalation produce the actual advantage? Try that when the zombie apocalypse gets going…