Labored breathing

[DDuckVoice]

Hi,
can anyone here explain step-by-step how you breathe loud and noisy at will (without hurting your throat)? Thank you.

[Kagetsu]

On purpose without cause? No. When you can't breath enough, they can see it in your face. it scares the living heck out of people around you.

"Labored breathing" is a term used when a person no longer has the life energy to force air in and out of the lungs. It can be because of internal pain, or fluid in the lungs. Extreme, it can be airway restriction (asthma) or a collapsed lung. (Believe me, that hurts) It's different from an obstruction and can be heard, but doesn't have too be. The throat is the only part that can be controlled, so that's where the sound comes from when it is faked. If a medical person is checking, they can tell the difference very easily. When they had me, they listened for the sound of airflow in my chest, and used a blood oxygen saturation meter on my finger. Then they checked my deep blood from an artery,,, yea that hurts too. The xrays were what found it. A chest tube was the most horrific experience of my life, for two solid weeks. Stay away from ER's, they really make you wish you weren't there, as does the ambulance ride all strapped down on a board. When the nurse hurts you checking for things that couldn't possibly wrong, your screams are the only way to make her stop. Brother, the vocabulary I used just to make her stop pushing My achillies tendons into the corner of the back board. The thick headed twit.

[DDuckVoice]

Well, thank you for the medical informations, but I am afraid they are of no use to me, really. I am sorry if you have experienced something like that. I just wanna be able to breathe loud and noisy for fun (call it labored, obstructed or whatever you like, it should be clear what I mean). It is not my intention to fool any doctor - why on earth should I want to do that.

[Kagetsu]

To get out of class? :shrug: And if you "cry wolf", you'll end up with the med people.

The actual point I was trying to get across is that the real thing is not a pretty sight. it scares both the person trying to survive and the people who want to keep them from dieing. To pretend has very little "fun value" that I could see. There really is only your vocal cords to make sound and grabbing for support as you faint. The terrified look in your eyes would be acting and takes practice to mimic.

The allergic reaction I watched, she made raspy sounds spoke short and soft and held tightly to the person she was with. A minute or two later a surge of adrenalin makes it easier to breath for a few seconds, then it starts again. At that point they need oxygen and one of those reaction kits fast. Epinephrine I think it is. an asthma attack is about the same, but an inhaler can stop those.

There's the death rattle when some one old or sick is dieing. The build up of fluid in the lungs bubbles around. That sound makes you want to gag some times when you hear it.

An obstruction, they don't make sounds at all except for gaging

Sorry if it was a bit of a rant, I do like to hear myself talk. :anime:

[Temple Fugate]

I believe he's asking for the purposes of voice acting, or some such.

Truth be told, I know nothing of labored breathing. I didn't even know there was an extreme to breathing beyond just "breathing really hard." But in my experience, even if one was to teach you how to do a voice trick, it rarely helps you learn how to do it. I've been trying to do a Meatwad voice for years with zero success. Just try to work these things out for yourself, and if you find that you can't do it...well, I don't want to be a downer and say "give up," but some people's voices just don't work that way.