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[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Damn you, now I'm aware of my own breathing and have to do it manually lol.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

you are also acutely aware of the position of your tongue inside your mouth.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also think of your jaw .... how do you rest it? ... do you let it droop and fall to relax your jaw muscles? ... or do you tighten up your mouth to close your mouth? ... is the resting position of our jaw to hold your teeth close? or let your jaw fall?

i think the middle way of letting the mouth slightly open might be best? to get oxygen in the mouth room. creates fresh air and such.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you carefully pay attention your breath also has it's own particular scent. The aroma of what the inside of your lungs smell like.

Your brain just finely tuned your mouth and your nose to filter out that particular smell so as not to bother you.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago

Apparently if you have your nose cleared, you can smell the absence of your snot