Holding your breath in a dream to wake up?

[JacksDreams]

Hey, this might be in the wrong section but was wondering if anyone else ever holds their breath to wake up from a dream? I seem to do it quite often now, it will only ever be when I'm having sleep paralysis, in which case il be struggling to breathe anyway as i can never breathe well through my nose, il just hold my breathe for.. quite a while and il eventually wake up. googled this but can't see anyone else that ever does this so yeah. I doubt it is, but is this similar to apnea? probably not. Also could this be bad for my health? Any posts will be appreciated thankyou. x

[Oreo]

To wake up from a dream I usually focus on my real body and try to move it around. I focus on breaking myself out of sleep paralysis and moving my real body around while I'm in the dream. This disrupts the dream and I wake up. I've never tried holding my breath in dreams for the purposes of waking up. I also don't feel any closer to waking up when I do hold my breath in dreams. I think this would only be bad for your health if your brain stopped receiving oxygen. I highly doubt you would be holding your breath long enough for that to happen though.

[Spyyko]

One might think that holding your "dream body's breath" may be detrimental to an individual's health. If this waking technique is concerning you, I would partake in other dream-exit options. Opening my eyes really wide in my dream tends to wake me up, and it is a passive and safe way to exit REM. Happy dreaming

[xdream]

I've heard about people holding their breath to escape SP and have done it myself, but not from a dream. To wake up from dreams I usually only have to blink several times and try to open my body's actual eyes. This often leads to a false awakening which is obviously still a dream, so I repeat this until I succeed.