Your Body Has A Stress Kill Switch

Breathing out longer calms you better than meditation, and the reason is sitting in your chest. In this video we follow three clues from your own anatomy to show how a long exhale can slow a racing heart within a few breaths. This one is for anyone who lies awake at 2 AM with a pounding heart, or who has tried a meditation app and found it useless in the middle of a panic attack. Chapters 00:00 - 2 AM panic and the deep breath myth 01:13 - The stress kill switch in your exhale 02:01 - Why inhaling speeds up your heart 02:52 - What breathing out does to your heart 03:36 - The vagus nerve emergency hotline 04:24 - Physiological sigh vs box breathing 05:32 - Why meditation fails during a panic attack 07:04 - Hyperventilation and low carbon dioxide 08:07 - How to use the long exhale tonight