yeah! it's like a situational dub. sit dubbing. whatever! you don't always have to name things.

sitdub like sitcom :P

Perfect eyelash movement!

it made you pass out so you didn't have to deal with reality...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperventilation

After reading the link above: when you hyperventilate your body is offbalance and breathing in the bag helps return your body to a balanced state. I guess the increased carbon dioxide helps to compensate for the breathing rate which would normally add oxygen to your system.

I'd love for a nurse or other practitioner to chime in with the specifics/corrections if needed.

When we breathe too deeply or too quickly
(and stress can be a cause for that)
we raise the oxygen level and reduce the carbon-dioxide concentration in our bloodstream (not a good thing).
Since we exhale carbon dioxide, breathing out into a bag gives us a bag full of carbon dioxide to breathe in -- and that's just what our stressed body needs...

Of course, too much of this and we end up with an overdose of CO2 -- just as bad if not worse than the lack of CO2...

then we start to choke, gag, and barf, and the bag is right there to catch it

A friend of mine is an EMT in Chicago and I once asked him this very question.

He said that hyperventilation prevents the normal exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the bloodstream (because the person is breathing in/out so fast that there isn't time for the oxygen to be exchanged with the carbon dioxide).

The problem isn't that they're not getting enough oxygen, but that's often what a hyperventilator feels is happening, so they take increasingly shorter breaths in an effort to get more oxygen.

Having a person breathe into a paper bag forces them to concentrate on and slow down their breathing, allowing for the deep breaths that allow that exchange to occur.

No no, she puts glue in it ;-)

If you dont have a paper bag to give to someone, or dont want to, get the person to talk to you. One cant hyperventilate if they are speaking. Getting them to talk will not only force them to breath normally, it will also distract their mind.

good tip....nice rational

The concentration of CO2 in the bloodstream is the primary factor that controls breathe rate. The higher the CO2 concentration the slower the breath, therefore a hyperventilating person will begin to breathe more slowly if the concentration of CO2 in their blood is increased.

Rapid breathing due to anxiety, causes people to feel even more anxious, it's a vicious cycle.

Mmm, sorry doc but my answer isn't incorrect. You got into more details regarding pH but my answer is still valid.

amanda and i had the luxury of going to see gravy train live while in chicago. it was both mind blowing and ridiculous.

oh gosh. i've had the pleasure of seeing them a couple of times. the tea bagging and bottom flashings always make my nostrils flare in amusement.

that's if they still do those things of course. they haven't crossed the pond in years, well. since le tigre was last touring.

burger baby!

well we got internet high fives but no real ones :[

Would of given you one if I was there, seriously that's dumb that you didn't. I mean you + Amanda = stellar duo

ha ha! for real! like "uh... i'll get back to her"

the song is called Hella Nervous and the band is Gravy Train!!!! (and yes, the exclamation points ARE part of the band name)

omg thanks!

sounds like CSS but gayer...
(in fact CSS sounds like them... they´re older)

i love this song!!

yes. it reads "keep passing the open windows"

hmmm. sounds deep...awesome location for a tattoo for sure.

yes i am an EXTREMELY deep individual. It must be from all the Gravy Train!!!! i listen to! thanks for the compliment adam c.

"Keep passing the open windows"
From the song or the book?? or maybe the movie?

book. The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving

so glad you didnt say movie or song :)

why did you like the book so much to make a tattoo from it?

Agreed. Is that a bottle of cheap vodka in the back of the seat or a crazy looking bottle of water?