experiential learning liable to bring a great many people to discover the overlooked existential experience of dyspnoeic patients. We believe that this offers a unique opportunity to raise public awareness of what it means to be constantly aware of, and bothered by, one's own breathing. This phenomenon could be leveraged by foundations and charities that promote lung health or by teams engaged in the field of disability studies as a communication tool about the dyspnoeic experience that is lived by patients afflicted by chronic respiratory diseases, to, in the end, achieve better levels of comprehension and empathy. Meanwhile, let us have a thought for these patients when breathing through a facemask bothers us.
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