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If used properly, it can be good. However, improper use can well, be a hindrance.

Is it improper usage, if I use them, after every few words, to show the pause, taken while breathing?

Depends. If you want to express that in dialogue then it's proper use but it would be improper use if it's an unnecessary part of a description.

how much do you breath damn like a hyperventilating pufferfish >.< I prefer to indicate dialogue breaths with ellipses, as any pause. Sometimes a pause is shorter, more mechanical, and I'll use a comma, but imo it can be more confusing for readers."I see... roses." vs. "I see, roses." No.1 looks like statement of sight while No.2 seems like a response to another's statement.

Dialogue context plays a part, but in sentences like "I went there, and never came back." it's clearer that the comma acts as a slight pause. An ellipse might be over-dramatic here while a lack of anything indicates no pauses taken, so to indicate a breath being taken I'll say the comma is more effective here.

I too use '...' a bit too much...

We all use "..." A bit too much. Or at least, it seems that way.