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I'm just going to sit here and talk to myself until someone comes. I know someone will come. I know I need to slow my breathing down. I know it is ok that I'm crying and rocking. I know I'm at home now and it's ok. I know that it is a trauma thing. I know it is ok. I know it is my brain dealing with stuff. I know that I'm safe right here, right now, and all I have to do is float in the ocean. I feel scared, but that's ok, it's just a feeling. I know I need to just breathe. All I have to do now is just breathe. It's ok that I'm rocking, it's ok that I'm crying, it's ok that I'm drenched in sweat. It's all ok, all I have to do is breathe and just sit right here and wait. I can do that. I have done this lots of times before and I can do it right now. Nothing feels real and that's ok too. That's just my brain's way of dealing with an overload of big feelings. I can do this. All I have to do is breathe. That's all I have to do.
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