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Re:Screen apnea: What happens to our breath when we type, ta... by boredemployee on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @05:27PM (#40732558)
Do you feel like your professional life is also impacted/improved by it? I know the question is broad but I mean things like level of anxiety, success, financial, etc. Or does it improve your "personal life only"?
Re:Screen apnea: What happens to our breath when we type, ta... by Tao3300 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @06:42PM (#40733177)
Not the prior commentator, but personally it distanced me somewhat from the bullshit of the rat race. For better or worse, I'm less of likely to chase targets that don't matter or that I don't actually give a shit about.

A caveat: my previous employer (a rent-seeking publishing company) used this sort of thing as a trap. Here, have Headspace for free. Here, take this training on how psychological safety and mental health are important in the workplace. Oh, your manager is psychologically abusing his team? That's against our core values - report that to HR right away. Surprise, HR cares but they are impotent; here's the shadow ER rep to hand you your walking papers.

Re:Screen apnea: What happens to our breath when we type, ta... by skilled on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:24PM (#40740466)
It improves you. For example, being able to handle stress better isn’t useful just in personal life but also professional.

In my experience, complete introvert, it helped me enormously with anxiety. But it did take some work, such as working through emotions that I had bottled up. If you stick to your practice then you will work through it.