Wtf is up with those random back of the throat itch coughs?!

The ones where it feels like the tiniest fleck of pepper landing right in the back of your throat, and the rapid gasping inhale like you've never had the pleasure of experiencing oxygen before that moment only seems to make it worse.

It happens to me every few months, while I'm just minding my business. Paying taxes, being a good person, respecting my elders. Only to be rudely absolutely humbled by this embarrassing af near death experience. Sometimes I'll be sleeping peacefully, and this series of events will awaken me from the dead. Only when my bedside water cup is bone dry.

The betrayal of my lungs and throat in cahoots against me is brutal af.

Rant over. Stay safe out there.