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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Like a long reflex action? Like when you touch a hot stove, you'll automatically jerk out of the way