breathe in breathe out through the belly close my eyes focus on nothing calm the mind stop overthinking i'm healing my body is doing what it's supposed to do things are improving round up my distractions they no longer serve me their familiarity isn't comforting like breathing is in and out in and out distractions don't cause my feelings to magically leave pushing them away does not make them go away belly breathing allows me to acknowledge how i feel while calming them down i'm healing i will be okay inhale exhale inhale exhale