Is it normal to need to do this manually?

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Whenever I'm not thinking about it, my body breathes and blinks automatically (like it should,) yet whenever somebody mentions breathing or blinking and I am aware that this is something I must do, I now have to do it manually (as in, make myself breathe or blink.) Once I get my mind to put the thought aside, it happens automatically again. Is this normal? (of course, I'm manually blinking and breathing as I write this.)

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  • shade_ilmaendu
    12 years ago

    Dammit, now I'm breathing manually. Haha, yeah, its normal.

    I like to go up to people and say things like "you're now breathing manually" or "for the next five seconds you will be thinking about penguins". About half the time they don't get it, and half the time I get a hilarious reaction.

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  • Binary_Star
    12 years ago

    Try not doing it for as long as you can, maybe you can break a record.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Hahaha yes, normal, I do that too. It's annoying!

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    I am manually getting a boner right now...

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    What MissClaire said.

    What your subconscious is taking care of, your conscious mind is doing when you're aware of it. Make sense?

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    • MissClaire
      12 years ago

      makes sense to me :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    This happens to me too.

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  • emilydoll
    12 years ago

    Lol

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  • Maldetete
    12 years ago

    Totally normal, I hate it when that happens.

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  • MissClaire
    12 years ago

    its just being suddenly mindeful

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ^_^

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