Why am i yawning so much

When the Rolling Stones sang '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction', I don't think they were referring to yawning. But we all know how satisfying a good yawn can be. One poster to our forums complained that her urge to yawn was bordering on excessive though. So let's explore what could cause such a phenomenon. Why do we yawn? Linda83143l reminded us of the popular belief that yawning occurs when the brain needs more oxygen. In fact, recent research suggests that yawning - a wide opening of the mouth, an involuntary intake of breath, and a short breathing out - occurs when the main source of stimulation in a person's environment is no longer able to sustain their attention. We call this boredom. Excessive yawning For the past few days, I've been yawning a lot, much more than average. If I'm not yawning, I'm breathing in as deep as I can to get similar "satisfaction". — FlutterbyPie, Excessive yawning and a constant need to breathe deep Boredom induces drowsiness when the brain activates the sleep generating system. Tests on oxygen levels of people before and after they yawn show no change, and it's suggested that the reason for yawning is actually to cool the brain down. The good news is that by and large excessive yawning is not a sign of any serious medical condition. Rarely, it can be associated with Hungry for air Mohammed76229 described FlutterbyPie's need to breathe deeply as 'air hunger' and this is a very good description. He also called it pseudo-dyspnoea, which means fal...

Q. I'm 40, and for the past few years I've been starting to yawn whenever I get an intense aerobic workout. Should I be worried about yawning during exercise? A. We usually think of yawning as a sign of sleepiness or boredom, but experts say that isn't the whole story. True, we tend to yawn toward bedtime as we get sleepy, but we also yawn in the morning when we wake up. Athletes yawn before they compete — not a time associated with boredom or sleepiness. And we yawn in response to seeing someone else yawn, even if we're not sleepy or bored. Yawning is a semi-voluntary action — partly a reflex — that's under the control of several neurotransmitters in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus. All vertebrates yawn, and in humans, yawning starts as early as 12 weeks after conception. We know that yawning distributes surfactant, a biochemical that coats tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs, helping to keep them open. So yawning in fetuses may help prepare them for life outside of the womb. One novel theory is that yawning cools the brain, helping keep it at the right temperature for optimal function. In an old study in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, researchers reported that subjects who cooled their brains by breathing through their noses or holding cold packs to their foreheads — proven brain-cooling strategies — were less likely to yawn when shown videos of other people yawning. There's no definitive explanation for yawning during exercise. Perhaps your alveoli ne...

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There are many mysteries in medicine, but one human and animal behavior that has been observed for years but is poorly understood, is yawning. It is easy to define since it is so common. It is a form of reflex that involves a deep inspiration, opening the jaw wide, and a rapid exhalation of the inspired air. There is generally a feeling of relaxation immediately after the yawn. Why Do We Yawn? Answering this question is not nearly as easy as defining the action. There are a number of theories about why we yawn, but remarkably little good research on this topic. There are several agreed upon causes for yawning, however. First, it that when changing elevation rapidly as in an airplane, you will both voluntarily (on purpose) yawn and also involuntarily (not on purpose) yawn to try and equalize pressures within your ear. This works and is an accepted reason for yawning. Another indisputable cause of yawning is called social empathy. What this means in plain English is “suggestion.” If you see someone yawn, or if you read about yawning (like right now reading this column) some people will yawn. In fact psychologists have proven that the more empathetic you are, the more likely you are to yawn when someone else does. There has been fascinating research about the hierarchy of this suggestion. If you are very close to a person emotionally, you will yawn if they do. The rank order of this suggestion is family, friend, stranger. The closer one is to the person who yawns, the m...

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