Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When you get anxious, your body's sympathetic nervous system — aka your fight or flight response — is activated, and your breathing increases to accommodate your body's request for more oxygen.
Adam Kuczynski, PhD, a clinical psychologist and acting assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says that slowing down your breathing has been demonstrated experimentally to reduce anxiety, tension and the body's sympathetic response.
Try using box breathing — an exercise where your exhale is longer than your inhale — to help reduce levels of stress and anxiety.
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When you get anxious, your body's sympathetic nervous system — aka your fight or flight response — is activated, and your breathing increases to accommodate your body's request for more oxygen.
Adam Kuczynski, PhD, a clinical psychologist and acting assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says that slowing down your breathing has been demonstrated experimentally to reduce anxiety, tension and the body's sympathetic response.
Try using box breathing — an exercise where your exhale is longer than your inhale — to help reduce levels of stress and anxiety.
☔ Right as Rain is dedicated to helping you feel healthy and well – the Pacific Northwest way.
Our medical experts work for UW Medicine in Seattle.
Subscribe to our newsletter for health and wellness tips: rightasrain.uwmedicine.org
#boxbreathing #deepbreathing #anxietyrelief
