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Originally Posted by trux
Beginners should definitely forget about trying to control their breathing - by trying to control it consciously, you only mess it up. The body knows the best what it needs, so let doing its job. Instead of it focus on relaxation and avoid unnecessary moving. The body will take care of the exactly necessary oxygen intake automatically and in the best way it can.
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Well, that may be so if you free dive to set personal records but I only dived, usually, in order to get my dinner. I have shot grouper in Turkey at 50 feet or so in 1956 when compressed air was not easily obtained and one needed to be active underwater for quite some time. No chance for me to relax and as for losing the breathing reflex, in never happened to me.
Whilst on this subject has anybody here had a feeling of vertigo underwater? I had to make an inspection dive under my ship in Kavieng where the bottom is/was coral sand, very white. The water was so clear that I couldn't see it! I had a sensation that I might fall.Probably because I was wearing a weight belt to neutralize my bouyancy. I was able to hang there motionless and though the bottom was a good 40 feet below me I could see it very clearly and was able to watch bottom feeding fish many of them small sharks.I knew I was in water because of the pressure on my hand when I pushed against it! A very odd sensation. One expect to see some silt drifting by but on this day the water was crystal clear.
