While having a panic attack you call your best friend for help (grounding)...
Hello? Hello? Hey.
Oh, okay, okay. Listen, listen. It's all right.
It's okay. I want you to take deep breaths. Listen to my voice and do exactly what I say, okay? Take a deep breath in and exhale.
Close your eyes if they're not closed and just listen to me. Breathe in again and exhale. Do it again and exhale.
All right. Three, two, one. Open your eyes and quickly tell me three things around you that are red.
You can do this. It'll be all right. You can do it.
That's one. Very good. That's two and that's three.
Perfect. Close your eyes again. I want you to breathe in and breathe out.
Again, breathe in and breathe out. All right. I want you to open your eyes and quickly tell me five things that are white.
Uh-huh. Good job. Very good.
Very good. You got this. That's three.
All right. Two more. Perfect and perfect.
Okay. Close your eyes again. Breathe in and breathe out very slowly this time.
Breathe out. Breathe in again slowly but deeply. Breathe out slowly again.
Now, when you open your eyes, I want you to find three things that are green. Okay? You got this.
Go ahead. All right. Good.
Very, very good. I can't talk to you right now. I can't.
I'm dealing with something. Okay? I can't talk to you.
Hey, I'm right here. I'm right here. It's all right.
Okay. Perfect. Great.
Great. Go ahead. I'll catch up.
I'll catch up. Now, close your eyes and I want you to tell me what you had for breakfast yesterday and what you had for dinner yesterday. If you had that.
If you didn't, just tell me what you ate. Uh-huh. Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Okay. That sounds delicious.
I wish I had that. All right. And what about dinner? Did you have something? Yeah? What was it? I love that place.
Good. Good. Okay.
You don't have to say as many words if you don't want to but how do you feel? I can tell you don't sound as shaky anymore. Okay.
Well, let's just keep breathing. Okay? Because we want to get that heart rate, you know, relaxed and just keep your eyes closed and I'll do it with you.
Here we go. Breathe in and breathe out. Breathe in and breathe out.
Breathe in and breathe out. Breathe in and breathe out. All right.
How do you feel now? Do you feel okay? You do? Yeah? Good.
Good. All right. It's okay.
I told you that you can call me whenever you want. That's the whole point of this. I was just with, yep, you guessed it.
We're gonna watch a movie but I just told him to go ahead. I knew you were gonna be busy with the thing so I know that brings a lot of stress and stuff so I didn't want to bother you with it. But I'm glad that you and you're not bothering me.
I'm just glad that you called me. I'm just glad. I'm always here for you.
Always make sure that if you need me, I can be there. The only thing that I'm ever worried about is if I just can't pick up. If I'm busy or I miss the call, just make sure you have someone else.
I don't know if you have anybody else that you could call. Do you? Okay.
Well, that works. But nevertheless, you always call me first because I will always try to make sure I pick up. Of course.
Of course. Well, you know we love you very much and I'm always here for you. So, besides I know this is really random because it was just a panic attack and you know we were dealing with that but you think we could do something this weekend?
Yeah? I think you could use it. Especially since what you went through today.
How did it go by the way? Hmm. I can see that.
I get that. Okay. Well, hey.
You had the panic attack which it happens. It's okay. It's just learning to live with it and learning to how to manage it, right? And this was a lot better than the other times that have happened, right? Yeah, definitely.
Definitely. Well, alright. Just let me know what you want to do this weekend.
We're going to be off so anything you want to do we'll be more than happy to. And yeah, we love you. Alright? Stay safe.
Take care. Just go home. Relax.
Alright? Alright. Talk later.
Okay. Bye. Bye.