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Has anyone tried the "hostage tape" or similar to force breathing through your nose like Essential Craftsman discussed in his series of videos https://youtu.be/
by linsomniac 1y ago
Has anyone tried the "hostage tape" or similar to force breathing through your nose like Essential Craftsman discussed in his series of videos https://youtu.be/g8JzXEoT9LI?si=rVuZRoMrE_fwL0qv https://youtu.be/g8JzXEoT9LI?si=rVuZRoMrE_fwL0qv
- Drunkfoowl 1y agoI spoke with my ENT about this. I was treating anxiety triggered shortness of breath, and found that nose breathing was able to calm me if I box breathe. She laughed, and said of course taping your mouth is stupid. Which I assumed, but had a friend of mine suggest it because it "changed his life". It's manosphere stuff.
- GordonS 1y agoI've tried them, but if you have facial hair they don't stick well and come off too easily. Instead, I've been using 3M micropore tape - just the right amount of adhesive, my skin feels fine, and cheap too. It works well to stop me breathing through my mouth.
- linsomniac 1y agoWhat process do you use for taping, full mouth, full mouth with slits, "soul patch" strip in the middle?
- GordonS 1y agoI tried slits, but unfortunately that didn't work for me - has to be the full mouth. It's far from ideal, but it's that or CPAP, or no sleep...
- whacked_new 1y agoI have been doing something like this, every day, for several years now. I started with a more gentle kind of tape that doesn't go over your lips. But after trying different kinds of tape, I just stick a small piece of medical tape over my lips now. I don't have sleep apnea but had a tendency to breath through my mouth at night. It worked almost immediately for me. And what's more, after my body got used to it, I could have a stuffy nose before sleeping, stick on the tape, and when I lie down, my nose would clear up, like it was conditioned to do that. 10/10 would recommend
- bagels 1y agoSeems really dangerous to block the airway. If you get a runny, bloody, stuffed or otherwise blocked nose, seems like you can suffer some bad outcomes.
- pimlottc 1y agoIt’s normally a small piece of tape less than the width of your mouth. It’s more about keeping your lips together than creating an air-tight seal.