Long-Term Health Effects Of Email Apnea
Email apnea is real and it’s not good for you.
Are you getting stressed working on your computer?
You may just be holding your breath or shallow breathing as you lose yourself staring at your computer screen or working on an email.
It’s a lot more common than you think. In fact, you’re probably doing it now.
Breathe!
Linda Stone was the first person to observe this phenomenon in 2007, when she noticed that she was shallow breathing or holding her breath when she started to work on an email.
After having observed this in a lot of other people using a simple heart rate monitor, she coined the phrase “email apnea” in a 2008 article in the Huffington Post.
Now a writer, consultant, Stone has had a dynamic career having worked at Apple with CEO John Sully, and later as VP at Microsoft. She served a term on the National Board of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for six years and is now on their National Council.
Holding your breath, whether consciously or unconsciously, can significantly change your body’s blood oxygen, carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitric oxide (NO) levels.
In turn, this can trigger the vagus nerve in the brain, which is part of the autonomic nervous system that includes…
