# @embracingecho on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMn3lLlSL_n
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61852993-embracingecho-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/01ec8733cf.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-27T19:28:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jaime Simpson (@embracingecho) — https://gondola.cc/embracingecho

## Caption

Feeling like you can’t breathe is actually scarier than being in a coma for me. My husband didn’t film the parts when it got really really bad because I was laying on the ground unable to see from not breathing enough.  I know this looks so extra, but this was an hour long event in which the beginning and end were the only things being filmed. Pneumothorax is extremely common and easily happens for those with VEDS. The tissue in your body is also extremely fragile. I advocate for myself out loud now because if I become unconscious, at least someone may have an idea of where to look and a possibility as to why. I couldn’t talk for a while though! I started leaving the gym with a friend when I started having an asthma attack. Luckily I keep a spare rescue inhaler with (along with seizure meds). One thing I didn’t have with me today.. an EpiPen. I forget about it because I don’t go into anaphylaxis often. I slowly realized that my inhaler  wasn’t working and called Ruben. My friend told him what was happening and I stayed on the phone with him. My throat and chest felt like it was getting tighter. I could feel my nostrils and cheeks swelling. He greeted me with my EpiPen at the door and helped me inject it. I couldn’t think straight enough to remember the safety tab. I cut this video down a lot. It took a while for me to find baseline. Please BRING YOUR EPIPENS WITH YOU and google how to use one for a friend/family member/stranger. You never know.

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- **Views:** 241,462
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