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.