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I have sometimes high blood pressure. 5-10 minutes of slow focused breathing almost always bring it down from "you may need to see a doctor" to "maybe think abo
by bane 5y ago
I have sometimes high blood pressure. 5-10 minutes of slow focused breathing almost always bring it down from "you may need to see a doctor" to "maybe think about possibly getting some regular cardio". It's amazing. The only other thing that does it as much is alcohol, and that has a number of negative side effects later.
- silicon2401 5y agoAlcohol increases blood pressure in the short and long terms: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pressure/expert-answers/blood-pressure/faq-20058254 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-pr...
- bane 5y agoExcept while drinking it. You can measure it yourself if you have a blood pressure cuff and the presence of mind to take some readings. The next few days will send it pretty high and it'll level off a bit higher after.
- silicon2401 5y agoI think you didn't read my link; this is literally the first paragraph. > Having more than three drinks in one sitting temporarily raises your blood pressure, but repeated binge drinking can lead to long-term increases.
- bane 5y agoI don't have to read it because I can measure it. Guess what the measurements say?
- silicon2401 5y agoNot interested in guessing or continuing the convo as you've already made up your mind, take care
- pen2l 5y agoIf anyone here has an Apple watch, they likely experienced the "intrusiveness" of the breathing app. At first, it did indeed caught me off guard... why was Apple, a company whose products I equate to be the pinnacle of principled UI design, so pushy and so annoying with notifications that I take a moment to breathe. But then I observed something truly remarkably: it wasn't just randomly, aimlessly spamming me with the notifications... it was giving me these notifications at very key times. It gave notifications during times of acute distress, times when I was feeling off one way or another. And by golly, when I did then stop and take its suggestion to stop and do its guided breathing exercise, wow, it helped.
- andrekandre 5y agofor me its just the opposite, those reminders during stressfull times make me MORE stressed and i just toss the watch into a box for the rest of the day...
- graeme 5y agoDid you ever….try the breathing exercise? 90% of people don’t, but it’s actually quite pleasant. There are some situations of acute stress where one can’t take a 1 min pause, but in most scenarios it helps.
- Bxpsba 5y ago>90% of people don't Thats good. The world isnt run by yoga gurus and zen monks for very good reasons. Not all stress is bad. And people who dont have life experience or the right people around them can easily be misled by receiving the wrong signals about how to cope with stress. "They told me to move to the back of the bus. I got so angry but my apple watch told me to breath and I calmed down..."
- seigando 5y agoCalmness doesn't mean you stop taking action against injustice.