Not being able to breathe...

I'm sure you assume by the title that this must be a silly pointless post, because well i'm sure everyone finds not being able to breathe most inconvient. Well i'm talking specifically about a certain situation, i'll explain- a little while ago i had a cold, nothing special really. This cold involved me getting a blocked nose, sneezing, headache, cough, feverish and all the other symptons that come along with it. Now to fully grasp the concept i must explain the exact blocked nose or cold that i had (yes, there are different constiencies and colours etc.) anyway if you don't like that sort of thing do feel free to stop reading now! So my nose was full of mucus and this mucus is the kind that blocks your nose to the point where you can't breathe, but doesn't run, nor can you blow it out into a tissue. You may know the feeling...

During this cold i also experienced a cough. This cough was the kind that if at the slightest inhalation of air, would send you into a fit of coughing and tickle/pierce the back of your throat. The coughing fits only last about 8 seconds, but with every breathe i drew they would start up. At this is point you think "why doesn't she just breathe through her nose?". This is where the problem came in- i had both at the same time. Do you know how much it hurt laying in bed not being able to breathe in through my nose but also not being able to draw enough air in  through your mouth because you would just die from the heaving of your chest and end up just pushing all the air out when you coughed. I tried all different ways to countereact it. e.g. breathing in slowly, not breathing at all and punching my nose multiple times while vowing all privileges to be stripped of it... Well i could go on about my angry towards it and hating every minute of that stupid cold, but i'm sure you've all got colds to hate and such...