Have you ever felt your body pressing in on itself as you pull
yourself in tighter and tighter hoping that the closeness will
help you feel safe? But it doesn’t and it never will.
Because then you start to feel suffocated and you pull away from
yourself, stretching and turning try to breathe. Just breathe,
such a simple thing that people take for granted but such a hard
thing for you in that moment. You gasp and you retch and try to
get your breathe back.