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Conventional wisdom blames sleep apnea on physical blockages. But what if your subconscious is literally suffocating you? While your brain heals at night, it's also processing deep-seated traumas, limiting beliefs, and unresolved fears. When these emotional burdens become too intense to confront consciously, your body can manifest this internal struggle as physical suffocation during sleep. Many who rely on CPAP machines are unknowingly gasping for air not due to a narrow airway, but because their subconscious is desperately trying to process overwhelming programs and cycles. This BSB perspective reveals a profound psychosomatic component to sleep apnea, suggesting that true resolution lies not just in devices, but in addressing the emotional root causes that keep you from breathing freely, even in your dreams.
What you'll learn
- Sleep apnea isn't always purely physical; subconscious emotional processing plays a role.
- Your brain heals at night, but also processes traumas, fears, and limiting beliefs.
- Intense subconscious programs can manifest as physical suffocation during sleep.
- Ignoring emotional roots can lead to ongoing sleep issues and CPAP dependency.
- Addressing underlying trauma is crucial for truly resolving sleep apnea.
- CPAP devices can introduce new health complications, like mold exposure.
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We are back with black sheep bites where We are back with black sheep bites where We are back with black sheep bites where I tell you on hypers speed what I tell you on hypers speed what I tell you on hypers speed what conventional medicine isn't telling you conventional medicine isn't telling you conventional medicine isn't telling you about a particular topic and we are about a particular topic and we are about a particular topic and we are going to going to talk about sleep going to going to talk about sleep going to going to talk about sleep apneoa. So very interesting sleep apnea. apneoa. So very interesting sleep apnea. apneoa. So very interesting sleep apnea. There is 100% physical reasons why you There is 100% physical reasons why you There is 100% physical reasons why you can't [ ] breathe especially at can't [ ] breathe especially at can't [ ] breathe especially at night. But let's talk about a particular night. But let's talk about a particular night. But let's talk about a particular one that no one's really talking about. one that no one's really talking about. one that no one's really talking about. At night is when your brain is healing. At night is when your brain is healing. At night is when your brain is healing. It is also when your subconscious It is also when your subconscious It is also when your subconscious is helping you to process [ ] that is is helping you to process [ ] that is is helping you to process [ ] that is holding you back, keeping you stuck, holding you back, keeping you stuck, holding you back, keeping you stuck, keeping you in a limited place, in a keeping you in a limited place, in a keeping you in a limited place, in a limited mindset, keeping you in anxiety, limited mindset, keeping you in anxiety, limited mindset, keeping you in anxiety, keeping you in depression. So, your keeping you in depression. So, your keeping you in depression. So, your dreams actually tell you a lot about dreams actually tell you a lot about dreams actually tell you a lot about what you're processing. Decoding dreams what you're processing. Decoding dreams what you're processing. Decoding dreams not that easy. One of the reasons why we not that easy. One of the reasons why we not that easy. One of the reasons why we put a dream analysis and a dream decoder put a dream analysis and a dream decoder put a dream analysis and a dream decoder inside of our info app because it helps inside of our info app because it helps inside of our info app because it helps you to understand what the [ ] you're you to understand what the [ ] you're you to understand what the [ __ ] you're trying to process while you're sleeping trying to process while you're sleeping trying to process while you're sleeping so you can bring it to your so you can bring it to your so you can bring it to your consciousness and then use very consciousness and then use very consciousness and then use very particular tools that we tell you in the particular tools that we tell you in the particular tools that we tell you in the app on what to do about it, what to app on what to do about it, what to app on what to do about it, what to journal about, what to reflect on, what journal about, what to reflect on, what journal about, what to reflect on, what meditation to use. So anyway, besides meditation to use. So anyway, besides meditation to use. So anyway, besides the point, that wasn't the point of this the point, that wasn't the point of this the point, that wasn't the point of this subconscious subconscious subconscious suffocation. suffocation. suffocation. This is something that in all the years This is something that in all the years This is something that in all the years that I worked with people that were that I worked with people that were that I worked with people that were having major issues at night, lack of having major issues at night, lack of having major issues at night, lack of sleep, they were to the point that they sleep, they were to the point that they sleep, they were to the point that they couldn't breathe or stop breathing at couldn't breathe or stop breathing at couldn't breathe or stop breathing at night that they needed to get a CPAP night that they needed to get a CPAP night that they needed to get a CPAP device because of sleep apnea. This is device because of sleep apnea. This is device because of sleep apnea. This is when they were being suffocated when they were being suffocated when they were being suffocated by the programs, the cycles, and the by the programs, the cycles, and the by the programs, the cycles, and the traumas and the experiences that were traumas and the experiences that were traumas and the experiences that were running in their subconscious. running in their subconscious. running in their subconscious. And it was keeping them in that state And it was keeping them in that state And it was keeping them in that state because they were they were so scared to because they were they were so scared to because they were they were so scared to bring it to their consciousness. Not bring it to their consciousness. Not bring it to their consciousness. Not saying they were mentally scared, but saying they were mentally scared, but saying they were mentally scared, but they they weren't ready. They weren't they they weren't ready. They weren't they they weren't ready. They weren't ready to process it. So they were ready to process it. So they were ready to process it. So they were gasping, drowning, suffocating gasping, drowning, suffocating gasping, drowning, suffocating from how intense from how intense from how intense the programs were, the fears were that the programs were, the fears were that the programs were, the fears were that were running in the subconscious that were running in the subconscious that were running in the subconscious that they were literally not breathing at they were literally not breathing at they were literally not breathing at night, needing the device, but in night, needing the device, but in night, needing the device, but in reality it was their subconscious trying reality it was their subconscious trying reality it was their subconscious trying to process things that were very intense to process things that were very intense to process things that were very intense for them at different periods of their for them at different periods of their for them at different periods of their life. So there is a huge psychossematic life. So there is a huge psychossematic life. So there is a huge psychossematic component to se sleep apnea and it is component to se sleep apnea and it is component to se sleep apnea and it is something that needs to be addressed if something that needs to be addressed if something that needs to be addressed if a person really wants to resolve that a person really wants to resolve that a person really wants to resolve that which you can and stop using the CPAP which you can and stop using the CPAP which you can and stop using the CPAP device which is has its own device which is has its own device which is has its own complications like putting mold into complications like putting mold into complications like putting mold into your respiratory system. So there's your respiratory system. So there's your respiratory system. So there's that.
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