Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
It's not the shallow breathing, but this urge that I get to just take a massive breath. It's not that I necessarily feel deprived of oxygen.
Oh, I see. I experience that when I'm awake sometimes as well. It feels like I need a deep breath to catch up with my normal breathing, if that makes sense. What I usually do to avoid it is just continue taking small breaths but at a slightly faster interval.