The peanut hay thing, or the not breathing?
The not breathing never recurred.
I think I actually must have stopped and then my subconscious mind was trying to figure out why. The answer was smoke was choking me. I must have been not breathing for a pretty long period.
I used to try to time myself when I was around 18, as to how long I could hold my breath. I eventually got to around 3 minutes but when I began to breathe again, I recovered immediately.
After I awoke, I began to suck in air as fast as I possibly could. It took a pretty long period, and I was in panic the whole time, before I began to catch my breath.
That is my guess.