Quote Originally Posted by NoraB View Post
That need to get that big breath in? Does it happen by itself? Or is it preceded by rapid breathing? Because, for me, it comes a few steps in...

Also, could there be confusion re 'air gulping' with aerophagia?
It doesn't matter how you or I experience shortness of breath. I just think we need to be careful of definitive statements like 'hyperventilation by definition is rapid breathing', because it isn't. Somebody can be experiencing hyperventilation without rapid breathing and assume it's something else because they've been told it's only ​rapid breathing.