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Because your muscle controls cannot overide the brains ability to ensure the safety of the body. It will make you breathe, even if under water. Its called the self preservation mode. Its also why you can survive with one punctured lung, the other lung will work twice as hard to keep you alive. The body has mant redundant systems of this nature. Its also why you get frostbite. The brain knows that you can live without your fingers and toes and even the tip of your ears and nose. It conserves heat by stopping blood flow to these areas to preserve the bodys thorax where most of your life sustaining organs are found. The brain is the last to die.
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∙ 11y agoits impossible to commit suicide by holding your breath because when holding your breath eventually you have a reflex of a deep exhalation to get stagnant gasses out of your lungs such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen and even if you can force yourself to overcome this reflex you would eventually pass out from lack of oxygen to your brain and after passing out you would begin breathing as normal and after a few seconds or minutes wake up again so yes its impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath
Well I do understand your idea to this Question but why wont you ask the mins you're suppose to hold your breath too ?
It is possible if you do it in a swimming pool.
1st. Do a "Hyper-Ventilation" to get rid of the carbon-dioxide in your lungs. (If the amount of Carbon-dioxide in your lungs exceeds the limit, it will trigger your body to breath. If the level of Oxygen in your blood decreases to a point, it can also trigger your body to breath, but not as effective as Carbon-Dioxide Level.)
2nd. Hold you breath. Your body will run out of O2 before the level of CO2 can trigger you to breath.
3rd. Unconscious. After passing out, you would begin breathing as normal.
4th. Due to the fact that you are in the water, when you begin breathing as normal (Still unconscious), you would breath in water instead of air.
5th. You drown.
This is similar to "Shallow water black out".
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∙ 11y agoBecause holding your breath is a conscious effort. If you hold your breath long enough to lose consciousness, your body will automatically start breathing again.
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∙ 11y agoNo - your body's reflexes would take over and force you to take a breath long before you died !
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You can't kill ourselve by holding your breathe why?
We can't because we have the same pressure on ourselves. Someone else who is STRONGER than you yes you can kill yourself. By yourself no. <><><><><> We can't kill ourselves by holding our breath because as soon as we pass out we start breathing again.
What is another name for lack of wanting to breathe air?
committing suicide, trying to kill yourself, or to dumb it down not wanting to breathe.
How do you lose your life?
someone can kill you,you can die from a disease, you kill yourself, someone murders you, in an car accident, drowning, holding your breath way too long...etc.. you get the point.
Why do you need to breathe heavily after holding your breathe for longer time and then release it?
because of oxygen,nitrogen
Can you die from inhaling too much air?
Yes, because you have to relase air also to do the breathing process. It is like breathing in and you can not breathe in anymore then holding your breath. That could possibly kill you.
How do make yourself faint?
you can 1: rest yourself against a wall with our hands resting on your legs 2: breathe in and out heavily 15-28 times ( i recommend not to go to 28) 3: hold your breathe and stand up right 4: have someone push on your chest while your still holding your breathe 5: pass out! (and hopefully have someone to wake u up if your unconscious too Long) Be careful when doing this, it can be dangerous :)
What do penguins with there large lungs for holding its breath?
penguins breathe with large lungs for holding breath to swim.
Can quick sand kill you?
They do kill by sucking them in the sand. people wouldn't breathe
What can air NOT do?
air can't kill you unless you breathe it in from a cigarette lots or breathe in carbon dioxide.
How do penguins breathe in and out of water?
They don't. They are merely very good at holding their breath.
How does a dog vertebrate breathe?
it will kill the person close to you
How do Chinese Giant Salamanders breathe?
They once brathed with gills but have adapted and can be underwater for long time while holding its breathe. So they have lungs
