Hacker News Reader

Comment by elif | Hacker News Reader

As wim would say, get high on your own supply.

But in seriousness hyperoxia is mildly psychedelic, especially when you are in a state (athletic, euphoric, love etc) which naturally produces high levels of serotonin, oxytocin, dopamine, etc.

When I was backpacking for 7 months with my wife, I would climb mountains as fast as I could and wait for her at the tops. I started doing wim hof while waiting and it was deeply rewarding

View on HN

To add to this - if you get buried in an avalanche you likely go hypoxic. Many people pulled out sometimes in the moment react negatively to be saved as they are pulled out of a euphoric state even though they are literally getting saved from death.

Just don't do Wim Hof type breathing while driving, near water or risk of fall is high. You can pass out or faint easily if you do it a little wrong.

Thank you for introducing me to this. Having done just one round, the effects are reminiscent of nitrous oxide. Very interesting indeed! As you suggest, I think I'll try this again after a bout of vigorous exercise.

What specifically did you try? The wim hof breathing method after strenuous exercise?

Wim hof, no exercise. (but will do so later, after my normal workout routine)

As others in the thread have said, this may not be any better for my health than N2O, but it's still interesting nonetheless. Probably not something for every day.

Did you feel like it was “good” for you in any way? I’ve experienced the euphoria and I definitely compare it to nitrous oxide, in that it is pleasurable, fleeting and unfulfilling. Plus I sometimes ended up with a persistent headache.

It made me feel better temporarily in a time of distress, but like any drug, it only numbed me and did nothing to improve my outlook.

Wim hof feels great, but I always kinda feel like I’m doing something mildly unhealthy when I do it

How exactly do you ‘do’ wim hof and for how long?

The Wim Hof method is explained here:

https://www.wimhofmethod.com/breathing-exercises

Here’s a guided video by Wim Hof, you can just listen to it while you lay down and follow along:

https://youtu.be/0BNejY1e9ik?feature=shared

If you’re open to it, I can teach you. My email is in my profile

Reply on news.ycombinator.com