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True? my grandma told me if i cann talk i can breathe she was a registered nurse,i recently saw it wasn't true, i use it to calm down in panic attacks

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True: She is absolutely correct. If you can talk you are able to get air in and out of your lungs. Deep breathing as a matter of fact will help; in panic attacks. It is also true that you will not have bad anxiety with deep breathing.

Answered 4/15/2015

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A member asked:

True? my grandma told me if i cann talk i can breathe she was a registered nurse,i recently saw it wasn't true, i use it to calm down in panic attacks

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