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I have never been able to do this. The moment I notice that I am breathing, it becomes an entirely voluntary process, urged on by the slavedriver of the body demanding air if I let the process stop for too long. The result is that when I meditate on the breath, I cannot do other than exert conscious control throughout, and it turns into something like a pranayama or chi kung exercise.
I have a similar experience. In fact, when I was a kid, I would sometimes experience a lot of distress because I felt unable to relegate my breathing to autonomous control once I'd noticed it. I'm lucky this meme wasn't around back then. But I'm surprised that the effect is resistant to prolonged, regular meditation.
I had a similar experience. Not distress, but a sense of oppression at having to keep on doing this every moment of every day for my whole life. Of course, my attention would eventually leave my breath, but wanting it to would just prolong it.