In the middle of the night, I woke up and I could not breath. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get my lungs to work. In desperation I tried and tried until I panicked and thought that I might even die then and there.

Why was my brain incapable of sending the proper signals to the muscles that control breathing? What was the cause of this nightmare obstruction? Why was this happening to me?

It must of lasted a couple minutes at least so it seemed. My ribcage muscles were sore and I'd pulled a muscle in my neck due to the effort.

When I woke in the morning I could still feel the soreness in my lungs and my neck is very stiff.

I'm glad I survived. Chalk up another interesting life experience.