Eli5: Old Three Stooges episodes show people occasionally breathing into paper bags as some sort of remedy for emergency situations involving stress or trauma… what was the belief then and what do we now know better about the practice? Submitted by coffeygrande t3_z6ocmp on November 28, 2022 at 5:52 AM in explainlikeimfive 13 comments 17
Letthembeefcake t1_iy2mmh2 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:17 AM Perhaps not the main intent, but filling up the bag on the exhale and draining it all the way on the inhale helped people to focus on deep breaths instead of shallow, quick breaths. Permalink 3
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