Sighing Frequently, What Does it Mean?

[@waritolfactive]

I really hate the sound of sighing … my aunt and dad do it excessively and it’s like a part of their personality now … I feel grumpy and stressed instantly by just hearing those sounds , and it’s because I’m empathetic and really care about how those people feel , so their distressful sighs really affects me

[@xristosportokalis6157]

I heard a Harvard professor on the Andrew huberman podcast saying that one every 5 minutes is normal and if you go long duration without, then the lungs gets some kind of damage

[@7anay]

Not necessarily, it's an average. It can be that the test subjects have taken a sigh anywhere from 5 mins to 20mins.

[@xristosportokalis6157]

@@7anay i don't know actually.i am just refer to him because the video says longer durations between sighing

[@TeeGar]

Huberman is full of hot air.

[@xristosportokalis6157]

@@TeeGar come on man

[@TeeGar]

@@xristosportokalis6157 What? He is.

[@jayjojpp1828]

Hey guy, been having breathing problems like this for over 2 years. It has been plaguing my existence and sometimes comes and goes. I’m gonna try this because you explained my problem perfectly. Thanks for the tips.

[@zenrobotninja]

Patrick, would love if you could comment on the Huberman 'physiological sigh'. I may of misunderstood but it seems to contradict what you are saying here

[@assal_youssef]

I sigh when stressed excited worried . thanks for details

[@assal_youssef]

@Barry it could be ....recently l learnt liver is largest organ inside body with many functions !!!

[@solowrld_]

im sighing every minute-2 mins. and it scares me. because ik i shouldn’t be sighing that much. ive taken into consideration that the me being scared part could be anxiety but idk man.

[@OxygenAdvantage]

It sounds like yo have dysfunctional breathing @solowrld_ If you are interested in learning functional breathing exercises to address it, our free breathing app would be a great place to start. However, if you are scared and perhaps prone to anxiety or panic disorder, start slow with breathe light exercises and stay away from breath hold exercises, especially at the beginning as your fear could cause an anxiety attack. 📱 Android Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage 📱 Apple store: apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950 Hope it helps.

[@sarahtt-xc3cj]

Reflux and Air in the stomach and intestine.

[@jayjojpp1828]

Hey! How are you doing? It’s been 7 months since you posted here. Are you able to figure out the problem?

[@user-gn1ec4xx4z]

Thank you! This information really helped me Sir

[@susanfit47]

Thank you

[@spadethebarber8696]

My lungs involuntarily make me do a sigh breath once every 2-4 mins. I’ve done this ever since i can remember. I’ve ruled out any health issues. Does anyone know if this breathing pattern is normal?

[@7anay]

But do you get that deep satisfying sigh every time you take after 2-4 mins?

[@spadethebarber8696]

@@7anay yes

[@spadethebarber8696]

@@7anay it feels good and satisfying.

[@madhusmitarath741]

But sometimes the sigh is not satisfying feels like air hunger

[@saritasara5550]

@@spadethebarber8696 since when do u habe the hiatal hernia?

[@instinctivewayinstinctivew5041]

Thank you !

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi @instinctivewayinstinctivew5041, You're very welcome. 😃 Regards, Ronan

[@al74486]

I'm not sure what to believe here. Andrew Huberman has popularized 'the physiological sigh', which (he claims) is the most effective way to reduce anxiety BECAUSE it rapidly discharges CO2. I've found it effective myself. But then its being said here that frequent sighing increases anxiety because it results in massive drops in CO2. This seems contradictory

[@ViragGulyasofficial]

I am going with his theory :)

[@tonyrabone4668]

I'm not an expert, but I don't see this as contradictory. I interpret that Patrick is saying that if you notice you are involuntarily sighing frequently, then it's a biometric indicator (so monitoring rather than controlling your stress level). Whereas Huberman says that when you wish to calm yourself, then to deliberately double-breathe in followed by a long slow sigh (proactively accessing the phenomenon of variation in chest cavity pressure which calms the autonomic nervous system). This is similar to the mechanisms by which box breathing works or some yogic breath.

[@claire-ui6pu]

I so badly need these videos right now I’ve started a job in a extremely high stress office environment I already had chest pain in the past two previous years from what I believe to be my breathing patterns. Feeling very highly reactive all week to all stresses. I need to take back the reigns of my health. This week I had 2 very dizzy spells. I searched this up because I have been sighing much more and I watched a video on the vagus nerve. I breathe in a very strange way now I breath very slow and shallow I don’t know what’s happening to my body’s breathing pattern but it’s not what it used to be I plan to go for a walk today to try and help reset it. I have also lost the majority of my sense of smell I wonder is it all related.

[@ivayloivanov4122]

Could you clarify if yawning is good or not.

[@karenharris3183]

when you love someone and you thinking of him /her you sigh why is that was my question.

[@ladinaii]

I sigh up to 6 times every 5 minutes for the past 2-3 months after undergoing surgery. Can someone please explain. My doctor wants to blame it on anxiety, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it happened after given larger amounts of anesthesia according to the anesthesiologist..

[@la912]

So the frequency is the key?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Breathe Nose Slow & Low. That's the key :)

[@la912]

@@OxygenAdvantage Thanks!

[@seancorby6732]

Can you do something on wind/brass players?

[@SmallJobStevie]

I sighed when I watched this, is that

[@Homeeducatewithme]

My toddler of 3 has been doing this sigh breathing for the last couple of days every 40seconds. I took her to a and e and they said it's nothing. What do I do?

[@kenglol2708]

Hey, until we have an good BOLT Score, should we avoid the sighing as much as possible? Even if the body is asking for it? I think it would be much faster for the results to come, or am i wrong? Kind regards

[@Welsh_Aussie]

Isn’t signing 12 times an hour normal I’ve read?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Indeed @Anthony72341 Most of use experience an average of around 12 involuntary sighs (a.k.a. ‘spontaneous sighs’) per hour. But when it's more frequent, it can also be a warning sign, especially when a person has anxiety or panic disorder. It's normal for us to sigh, it is the frequency of the sighing that has to be monitored. Excessive sighing is often a sign of dysfunctional breathing.

[@Welsh_Aussie]

@@OxygenAdvantage I sigh prob every 5 mins but because I’ve googled it and read bad things I’m paying more conscious attention to it and thinking I have something wrong with me 😂. I mean I don’t have any conditions and I cycle 60-80km most days so nothing wrong with my breathing. I’m just paying more attention to it. Lol

[@OxygenAdvantage]

@@Welsh_Aussie Paying conscious attention to your breathing is something we don't do enough and will hold you in good stead. Make sure you are nose breathing as much as possible and if you can, practice daily reduced breathing exercises. The free OA breathing app is a great place to start. 📱 Android Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage 📱 Apple store: apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950

[@Welsh_Aussie]

@@OxygenAdvantage thank you much appreciated. Will do 👍

[@Simoniukas18]

​@@OxygenAdvantage but what if im not do spontaneus sigh 12 times and hour...is that bad thing?

[@karenharris3183]

I got my answer with another site and mine is normal

[@andrefarinha419]

i have to force a sigh from time to time I mesure more a less, when i don´t have one for more than 20/30 minutes i really force it. Because, from what i know, sighing is good for our health. But has you say, too much is too much, less than 15 minutes, i think is too short, the time gape between two physiologycal sigh´s.

[@karenharris3183]

oh it normal but do not know why body does when you are thinking of your lover

[@TeeGar]

It comes from watching too many of these videos.

[@johndeer-he5de]

Thats fucked i dont think I've sighed in 20 years.

[@Simoniukas18]

I always thought that i sight not enough. Even get anxiety because of that...

[@OxygenAdvantage]

@Simoniukas18 You may just have been very healthy with nose breathing. 😀

[@Simoniukas18]

Thanks for your answer. When i do not have one longer then 10, 20, 30minutes panick atack starts...

[@Simoniukas18]

​@@OxygenAdvantage 😊

[@madhusmitarath741]

​@@Simoniukas18do u still have this problem.even if I don't sigh in every 2 min I feel I will get panic attack

[@saritasara5550]

I sigh every 2 minuts😭😭please help

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi @saritasara5550, That is often a sign of dysfunctional breathing. Start with taking your BOLT score first thing in the morning. You will then know your starting point and can do breathing exercises to improve it. These videos give good information on your BOLT score: What is your BOLT score and why is it important? kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3m8ZoRtibpoaJY How to Measure Your BOLT Score kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3aqf4uYn5WEna8 What if Your BOLT Score is Less Than 15 Seconds? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pV7NfJalrLtro7M Also, you can download the free OA app from the below links and set daily breathing plans to improve your BOLT. 📱 Android Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage 📱 Apple store: apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950 Hope that helps.

[@spadethebarber8696]

Me too its crazy

[@madhusmitarath741]

I also sigh in every 2-3 minutes but I don't focus on it

[@madhusmitarath741]

Sighing helps reducing anxiety @sarita sara don't get panic it happens and gradually it will go do excercise brisk walk

[@spadethebarber8696]

I think its from hitial hernia

[@guistrunck]

🙌🙌🙌

[@madhusmitarath741]

I am getting sigh in every 2min .please help why is this happening

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Then there is a good chance you have dysfunctional breathing @madhusmitarath741. How do you sleep during the night? Do you wake with a dry mouth in the morning? Is your nose often blocked? These are all signs of dysfunctional breathing. About 50% of the population have dysfunctional breathing and it's growing. Learning to breathe light is a great first step to addressing this. There are lots of exercises available in the free Oxygen Advantage app that can help such as the nose unblocking and various breathe light exercises. It is available here: 📱 Android Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage 📱 Apple store: apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950 Hope that helps.

[@madhusmitarath741]

@@OxygenAdvantagewhile sleeping I don't get any sigh I don't wake up with dry mouth and nose is not blocked.is this due to pulmonary prob

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi @@madhusmitarath741, Unfortunately we can't make that kind of assumption as we can't give out medical advice, but if you think that is a possibility, you should check with your medical professional for possible pulminary issues. In our experience, constant sighing, is a signal that your breathing is dysfunctional. Which itself is an indicator that you need to reduce your sensitivity to carbon dioxide. This usually means that a person is regularly mouth breathing throughout the day. Training daily nose breathing exercises is what we recommend to reduce your sensitivity to carbon dioxide. Try our free breathing app with lots of exercises to help build up your tolerance to CO2. 📱 Android Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage 📱 Apple store: apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950

[@madhusmitarath741]

@@OxygenAdvantage I did pFt test spirometry test but there is no asthma I did chest xray that also came normal.dr is saying it's due to anxiety

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi @@madhusmitarath741, For anxiety, a good start is learning to breath light. The app will have the exercises you need. 📱 Android Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage 📱 Apple store: apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950

[@Shinecarremovals]

I sigh a lot probably every 1 to 2 minutes Sometimes I can’t get a full sigh Feeling something is blocked Idk what’s wrong with me Doctors couldn’t find anything Probably not LPR too

[@Matiasperez-by1wu]

Reflux and lung hyperinsuflation