IT IS NOT YOUR LUNGS THAT FORCE YOU TO 🫁 BREATHE......IT IS YOUR BRAIN.

Why You Cannot Kill Yourself By Holding Your Breath:

I tried it when I was small. I was angry with my mother and I told her I will hold my breath and die. I held it, until my chest was paining me, and then I just gasped and started breathing again.

I was wondering why we cannot just hold breath till we die. What stops us?

I Made some research and what I found shocked me.

It is not your lungs that force you to breathe. It is your brain.

When you hold your breath, carbon dioxide starts building inside your blood. Your brain has sensors that check this CO2 level. When it gets too high, your brain panics and sends strong signal: BREATHE NOW.

That signal is so strong that you cannot fight it. Even if you want to, your body will override you. You will pass out, and once you pass out, your brain will start breathing for you automatically.

So holding your breath to die is impossible. Your brain loves you more than your anger loves you.

That is why free divers train for years. They are not training lungs, they are training brain to tolerate more CO2.

I found it funny and comforting at the same time. Your body has a way of saving you from yourself.

Have you ever tried to hold your breath as a child too?

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