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What was the time you almost died/had a close call? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Getting a crouton stuck in my windpipe. Your body can and will try to take over when life is on the line. Fortunately, I could still breathe a little and I had to wait for saliva to dissolve it. A scary 15 mins or so of small breathes.

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 3 years ago

    When I was a small child, I put a piece of Cheerios cereal in each nostril, to "see if I could breath through the tiny holes". They got stuck, I panicked, then fell asleep. When I woke up, they were gone. I always assumed they dissolved.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Your body can and will try to take over when life is on the line

    What do you mean by that? Were you doing involuntary actions?

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Oh yeah, lungs were giving it their all to clear and they didn't care if they did a little damage to succeed. Losing some control over your body is a weird sensation. It's like someone snatching your game controller away, beating a boss, and then tossing it back into your hands.

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