Just breathe. It’s advice we’ve all been given at one time or another. Beyond the obvious physical need we all have to take in oxygen and emit carbon dioxide, the advice to “just breathe” is often a call to stop for a moment and just be aware of the act of breathing to re-center, re-focus, and re-set.
For people with ALS, such seemingly simple advice comes with its own set of emotional baggage, as ALS slowly robs a person of the ability to “just breathe.” Still, the idea behind the advice might have far reaching benefits for people with ALS in ways you might not imagine.
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