Winded

There is a word in Taiwanese that literally means “winded.” It refers to that feeling you get when you’ve been playing hard, and you get so speedy that your senses go off line. You cannot think properly or respond properly. You are “winded.” You will scream and shout, or jump off furniture, or grab things with a blankness in your eyes… I always had this at the end of a play date. But, I also have it now sometimes, and so does my mother.

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