Comments on: Should I stop my heart?

By: starbadger

starbadger — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:03:20 +0000

No matter what you do you are going to die.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:31:48 +0000

Robyn, confirming my subjective experience and belief as to what happened with objective proof or denial is definitely part of the motivation.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:58:17 +0000

I don’t think you are legitimately stopping your heart. Just like you can regulate the involuntary act of breathing, there is some control that can be had over your heart and blood pressure. Rather than legitimately stopping your heart 5 years ago you probably succeeded in lowering your heart rate and more importantly your blood pressure given the experience you described. This lead to a reaction of you faiting, just as you would if you tried to hold your breath for too long. Your body faints as it understands you were doing something foolish so it must remove you from conciousness and allow your involuntary system take over.
I have subscription to PubMed through my schooling (nursing) email me if you find any more articles that you want to read but don’t want to pay for. I can get most health related articles for free and email them to you if you include the title, journal, volume, issue, and year.

All the best,
Robyn

By: Mars

Mars — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:43:56 +0000

I’d be afraid if you did it without warning them, that they’d bring out the difibrillator and epinephrine, and that probably wouldn’t be good for you!

By: starbadger

starbadger — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:22:18 +0000

There are times when it’s about walking the talk-talk time.

WHEN YOU’RE WIRED
JUST DO IT

OF COURSE YOU CAN

By: leon

leon — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:13:32 +0000

Shannon,
I do remember your earlier blog post (you were lying in the bath, no?). I agree with Elaine: Mention it to the ECG / EKG person, and see if they’re up for it.
Some 10 + years ago, I was heavily into Vipassana meditation and got to the point where I could induce a complete blackout. I was always curious as to what my heart did during that time, as well my level of brain activity.

Wishing you all the very best.

By: leon

leon — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:08:54 +0000

Shannon,
I do remember your earlier blog post (you were lying in the bath, no?). I agree with Elaine: Mention it to the ECG / EKG person, and see if they’re up for it.
Some 10 + years ago, I was heavily into Vipassana meditation and got tot the point where I could induce a complete blackout for a more or lesspre-determined amount of time. I was always curious as to what a

By: jon cobb

jon cobb — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:33:32 +0000

You should learn how to play “purple haze” with it and drop that on em at the end (laughter. SOME piece of high art could come out of this…maybe hook you up to an amp and record your reaction to watching our elections or something. Fill a room with funny drunk political friends, stop your heart at all the stupid/lie points Jon Stewart style or something, natural hilarious mockery ensues, make an episode of it.
Dunno, it’s got good political overlap potential somehow as a tactic of exposure/humor. Have fun…

By: jon cobb

jon cobb — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:26:09 +0000

Wow. As a point of study to “notice” how heartbeat comes to be/remains/ceases the research would be fully interesting/”worth” playing with this for a minute, with all parties advised (maybe in the last few seconds of testing announce “I’d like to stop my heart now for a second if i could” and just begin. They could say no, or just sit there thinking “yeah right” (likely) and you could stop if asked, without it being insurance fraud or something.

Really though, we’re not watching an evolved control of simply undeveloped abilities in your case.

In most, I bet. We have all relaxed extremely, some of us more than others I have SPILLED more relaxants than most people will ever DO, laughter. No heartbeat stop. It suggests maybe don’t do that for fun…

Too crucial it work on auto, that’s why it does; your condition has exposed the wiring, so to speak, and you’re shorting across connects most likely. It’s playing with a broken leg because it’s not feelable in shock but it sure does move cool. Being as we don’t substantially have a specific hope in mind that’s beneficially achieved in doing this, at least compared to it possibly further engaging a curious defect/symptom and maybe leaving family behind.

No, I don’t think anything will happen either. But I do see your focus on something that isn’t as much as what you’ve already got…

I think about cutting my bad foot off all the time now. I had to stop. Let it go. We believe you, and it is interesting. But NOT as interesting as you, by a long shot. Focus on how to keep it going, not how it stops. Seems there’s a suggestion of what to develop inherent in it maybe, if there’s something to be made of it at all. Play with more relevant ;) with what there is left…
You going to the Chicago convention or anything? We could meet up…hit me back.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:36:11 +0000

I knew a guy in high school who could do this. He was a track/cross country runner and very athletic. Until now I’ve never heard of anyone else being able to stop their own heart. He would lay down and slow his breathing; probably a nearly identical process to what you do. I think it would be interesting to hear what the doctors have to say.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:16:33 +0000

If you have time in your EKG appointment for it, why not mention it to the doctors? Have them do a regular one, and let them know that you’ve had this experience in the past and would like to recreate it on a second EKG. Is that possible?