Why does your breathing become short while kissing?

[Raybay]

Me and my friend have been asking this question for a while and could never really figure it out. We know it probably sounds dumb.

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

Increased heart rate + increased adrenaline + having someones tongue in the way of your oxygen supply = shortness of breath

[Anonymous]

That's because you're taken in the moment, and the passage of air is a bit blocked.

[dsc2222]

What happens is your autonomic nervous system is activated, causing arousal. This in turn causes shortness of breath.

[TedStar]

autonomic nervous system response. similar to flight or fight response

[Kiran04]

Probably because my mouth is occupied for a portion of the time that I would normally take breathing.