How are People Simultaneously Able to Talk, but Unable to Breathe?

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Injured people often say they can’t breathe, but the act of talking requires a mostly open airway, and air to be pushed over the vocal cords. Is it a mental thing or are they really suffocating?

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You need less air to talk than you do to sustain your body long-term. So people could be breathing enough to let them talk, but not enough to keep them alive longer than a few minutes.

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