Graph editor trouble

[TheFrozenMonkeyKing]

I am too lazy to make my models breathe manuaticly, so im using the sequenses. When I have a pause in the animation, but I want it to continiue afterwards (for example a heavy talking, then another person talks, then heavy) I place a new bookmark when I want my heavy to continiue the talking, but this makes the breathing animation disapear until the playhead has gone past the bookmark. It kinda looks like this

Head: move head
------------V------------------V------
Body: breathing stand still breathing




My question is: Is it possible to start a new animation in the graph editor without changing animation thats allready there, even if it arent marked.

[TheFrozenMonkeyKing]

Is it possible to make a new animation without having to worry about the animation behind the first bookmark?

[TheFrozenMonkeyKing]

Wait, is offsetmode the answer?

[raptornx01]

yes

[TheFrozenMonkeyKing]

So offset mode makes the bookmarks you place down do nothing?
What exacly does it do?

[raptornx01]

no, it just doesn't overwrite whats there it layers it on top of the existing animation.

[TheFrozenMonkeyKing]

Thank you :) That's what I hoped.