These three stanzas encompassed the raw reality of anxiety, especially how there may not be one single trigger, but several, yet you have the same response. And it can be utterly debilitating. This is where I wish more people would understand and care to learn about triggers, and just to generally be more aware of what people may go through. My favorite line is the "seeing but not processing", as I feel that is very accurate, and anxiety/panic attacks block that ability to immediately process or ground one's self and keep logical thoughts. I overall like the simplicity yet truth and reminder to "breathe", and in that last stanza, that ability to, even for a moment, keep everything at bay, and to find/center one's self again. To focus on breathing and make it through the chaos.

That's exactly how I was when I used to get random anxiety attacks. They weren't that bad, but they happened. Doctor's answer was valium lol but I just learned to slow my breathing down which usually helped. Another thing is something my older bro taught me that he was taught in martial arts years ago "picture whatever is hurting you in your mind, then imagine a square or box around it and then shrink that box". I swear with enough practice, that actually worked! :)

Great write and thanks for sharing.