Chapter
Calming Anxiety Through Breathing Techniques
06:44 - 10:52 (04:07)
Learn about square breathing or box breathing technique to override breathing issues and reduce anxiety. Deepening and slowing breathing helps to access and control the stretch receptors nerves on the surface of the lungs and calm oneself.
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Deliberately slowing down and deepening our breathing can help calm us down as it tricks our body's stretch receptors that constantly monitor our breathing to believe that we are safe.
06:44 - 08:31 (01:47)
Deep Breathing
Summary
Deliberately slowing down and deepening our breathing can help calm us down as it tricks our body's stretch receptors that constantly monitor our breathing to believe that we are safe.
ChapterCalming Anxiety Through Breathing Techniques
Episode3 steps of anxiety overload -- and how you can take back control | Lisa Damour
PodcastTED Talks Daily
This podcast episode discusses the basics of how anxiety can be managed and controlled, including techniques such as square breathing, and the importance of not overestimating risk and not underestimating one's own abilities.
08:31 - 10:52 (02:20)
Anxiety
Summary
This podcast episode discusses the basics of how anxiety can be managed and controlled, including techniques such as square breathing, and the importance of not overestimating risk and not underestimating one's own abilities. It also highlights the danger of catastrophic thinking and offers ways to avoid it.