One Text From a Breakdown

You’re in too deep.

Everything’s moving fast. Your body is bracing. Your thoughts are racing. And it feels like one notification, one email, one text, could completely crack you open.

This is sympathetic activation, fight or flight energy flooding your system. You’re not overreacting. Your nervous system is doing what it was designed to do under threat: get ready.

You don’t have to suppress it. But you can help it slow. Try 4-7-8 breathing. Four seconds in. Hold for seven. Exhale for eight. Repeat if you can.

Put your feet on the ground. Feel their weight. You are here. You made it to this page. That alone is a win.

No matter what happens next, you are still worthy of calm, care, and breath.