Pavlov’s Dog & Foucault’s Panopticon: Hacking My Anxiety With Open-Source Technology
summary
Claims that slow resonance breathing around 6 cycles per minute raises heart‑rate variability and produces lasting reductions in anxiety, backed by measured waveform changes and studies; builds a proof‑of‑concept using Node serialport + Bluetooth Arduino and a CLI heart‑rate monitor (live pulse sensor flops, respiration belts are more accurate); adds a social cron‑based panopticon that auto‑tweets punishments as accountability; observes subjective reduction in rumination and a small measured change (reported 24 → 22 breaths/min), not a cure but a usable tool.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:48My Anxiety
- 3:33Psychology
- 8:31Polyvalent
- 9:10Timehaste Con
- 15:24Monitoring
- 16:30Exasperation
- 18:45Conclusion
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