2006-11-27 00:47:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No siree. You pass out and the start breathing again.
á Billy de Cordès
2006-11-27 00:57:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot. The body has a reflex action which forces you to breathe, and will overcome willpower however much you try.
Just as a matter of interest, and speaking of willpower, have you ever seen the picture of a vietnamese buddhist monk who burned himself alive in protest at the vietnam war? He stayed seated and meditating as he burned. Now that is incredible.
2006-11-27 00:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by SaltWater 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would say that you Can Not. Kids used to do this thing where they would like suffocate each other, or something, then they would just pass out on the floor, start breathing again, and a few minutes later wake up. It's not smart, but they did it anyways.
2006-11-27 00:56:45 · answer #3 · answered by Stark 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. After a mutually as the ideas realizes which you're protecting your breath too long and takes the mouth muscle tissues off of voluntary administration; on the comparable time it sends a message to the lungs to tension a breath inward. in basic terms the main controlled and disciplined persons can administration that instinct long adequate to in basic terms bypass out (maximum human beings can not even carry our breath long adequate to bypass out); and then while they bypass out all physique applications are positioned on carry different than your involuntary applications (mutually with respiratory) and you start to respire.
2016-10-13 04:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely you will pass out and your body would just take over breathing for you. You would wake up with a headache. If you had an underlying medical condition, you may be able to do it. That aside, don't do it, its not worth it, you have so much to live for, etc.
2006-11-27 00:49:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
breathing is autonomic. This means its controlled by a bit of your central nervose system that runs itself. Some people can control their breathing (take a look at the Lc besson Film "The big blue"). But it would take an awful lot of practice to get to that stage....
Good luck!
2006-11-27 08:59:32 · answer #6 · answered by charlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Even the strongest will power will not work. You will breathe again automatically as soon as you black out.
The only way to do it is to put your head inside a plastic bag, and then to tape it up around your neck.
this does work. Not that I have tried of course - well, not many times anyway.
Please do not try this at home. Go to the garden, or someone elses home. OK?
2006-11-27 00:51:52 · answer #7 · answered by superman in disguise 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Only if when you pass out your face falls into a pillow. But then that's not holding your breath, it's suffocation in a pillow.
2006-11-28 12:00:48 · answer #8 · answered by Elfie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't. If you hold your breath long enough you will pass out, then your body will breathe automatically.
2006-11-27 00:49:06 · answer #9 · answered by MarkEverest 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Even if you pass out, you will just start breathing again. Otherwise you would already have died when you first went to sleep.
2006-11-27 00:49:00 · answer #10 · answered by Well, said Alberto 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋