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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 12, 2021 21:40:57 GMT -8
Xowie nodded, wiping the sweat off of her face. She stared at the palm of her hand, her fingers twitching, and her wide eyes lost in thought.
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 12, 2021 21:58:38 GMT -8
"Hey, you ok hun?"
Adelaide would ask.
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 12, 2021 22:02:59 GMT -8
Xowie shook her head.
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 12, 2021 22:17:33 GMT -8
"Talk to me, is there anything I can do?"
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 12, 2021 22:51:22 GMT -8
Xowie would begin to slowly rock back and forth on the ground.
"I just want them to go away..."
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 12, 2021 23:25:13 GMT -8
"Alright, hey, listen. I'm going to try a trick that helped my mom during her episodes ok? Just... try and focus on me."
Adelaide would then position herself in front of the girl and place her forehead to the girls.
"You feel me. You hear me. Now take a breath with me. In one, two, three, four. Out one, two, three, four."
She would begin. The mantra she used to recite for her mother. The trick was to ground them to the here and now.
"Smell the air, breath in the cool winter air, the smells of the city keeping warm. Taste the hot coco and the cinnamon."
Last step.
"Now, open your eyes and look at me, and see that only I am here, and that you are safe. It will be ok. I am real, I am here."
The five senses, the best, albeit the hardest, way to ground someone on the here and now.
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 13, 2021 8:16:04 GMT -8
Xowie did as instructed, albeit slowly and at somewhat of a disconnect. She finally stopped shaking, and then, a smile touched her lips.
"Thank you," She murmured, almost to herself again. The voices were still swarming her mind, but the visions were gone, and she knew Adelaide was real, and that was all that mattered.
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 13, 2021 10:21:17 GMT -8
"It's ok, just focus on me and breath for a moment until you're ready."
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 13, 2021 10:27:30 GMT -8
She nodded, taking a few deep breaths. Once her breathing stabilized a bit more, she nodded again, and her eyes fell over Adelaide’s.
“I’m okay now.”
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 13, 2021 10:34:13 GMT -8
Adelaide would let the girl go and back up sighing.
"Yeah, no, what I was saying earlier... my mother also had that before. It's known as Schizophrenia."
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 13, 2021 10:36:46 GMT -8
Xowie nodded slowly. That was one of the few things she remembered from the hospital...
“I’m sorry I put you through that again,” she whimpered apologetically.
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 13, 2021 10:55:10 GMT -8
"Don't worry about it, just... don't give up. Ok? I don't know know if I would be able to handle that."
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 13, 2021 10:59:19 GMT -8
Xowie blinked blankly, then crossed her arms over her knees and laid her head on top.
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Post by Adelaide on Jan 13, 2021 11:21:06 GMT -8
Adelaide would take a seat and sigh.
"You're going to be alright."
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Post by Xowie Evil on Jan 13, 2021 11:26:05 GMT -8
I'm not worried about me. My fate is sealed." She whispered through her arms, shaking her head.
Those words were... rather disconcerting.
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