Chapter 6

Hyperventilation syndrome is a very somewhat strange disease that goes very much against common sense. Usually the first reaction to an unconscious and comatose patient is to make sure the patient is breathing well, while in my case, the opposite is true: the most important thing is to stop breathing.

Therefore bystanders usually don't know how to help the person with the illness.

"What's wrong with you?"

Xavier's voice came to my ears, a moment too close and a moment too far to hear clearly, tears blurred my eyes and I couldn't see his face.

I didn't want to see his face either, he was the culprit of my emotional and subsequent illness.

I tried my best to cover my mouth and nose, but my hands wouldn't work.

The doctor told me that if I ever had a seizure and there were no sedatives around, I must try to reduce my breathing while I was still conscious, otherwise it would cause respiratory alkalosis and the c