This is not clever music writing for the way we feel impact. This is physiology. If you've ever been punched in the stomach, you'll know what I mean. The first thing that happens is that you gasp for air. And then you fall down.
Most people spend their time on the floor in sheer agony of the blow to the gut, and that is normal.
Usually my reaction is the same. Still, every now and then the velocity of that horrible gasp for air is so extreme that it creates the exact same sensation on my sensitive teeth as, say, overzealously biting straight-on into a Fudgsicle. Sure I'm on the floor, but I can't feel my stomach for the tooth pain wracking my skull. Certain pieces of music cause the exact same reaction for me as being punched in the stomach. I gasp hard.