 [ Symptoms ] awoke early could not breath lasted about a minute finally started to breath very frightened two shorter instances 78 year old woman good health otherwise two prior instancews were very short duration this one very bad husband slapped on bacdk not sure if that did it [ Disease ] eating under stress causes gastro esophageal reflux and spasm in the esophagus the solution of this problem is chewing well and eating small portions yoga and breathing can help you relax