So there i was, hazy in between sleep and wakefulness trying to concentrate on a design problem (which i don’t think the dream directly featured but was tangentially related) and whenever i tried to focus on thst problem, i noticed that i’d have to stop breathing to produce the next word in the sentence or weave each syllable into my breathing pattern. Even when i’m typing this out it happens. You guys do it too, right?
Typically no. Though recently I had to get some neurological tests, including one, where you need to look at a changing pattern on a display, while electrodes check your nerves/brain activity. The assistent again and again told me to look harder. (Apparently they can see that in the graph of the nerve activity) And it is really difficult to look harder, so I stopped breathing while trying.