I’ve been battling pneumonia for 4 days now. Onset was my narcissistic abusive family finally kicking me out for being Autistic- the body holds the score and I immediately developed pneumonia that day from their actions. For the last 4 days I’ve hardly been able to sleep, eat, or breath without intense pain and gagging each breath. Only thing getting me through is focusing on my breath. 3 in 4 out very gently is getting me through. Sometimes I can extend to 4 in 6 out which is my personal favorite!! Lots of air hunger which I haven’t experienced before in my life, and it’s really scary. I see and have experienced how Breathwork can help me get through the moment and when it feels like I’m dying or suffocating I just go back to counting my breath and calming my mind and body down. Halfway through functional breathing Cert. I also viscerally understand now… people with air hunger or other medical concerns can greatly benefit from breathwork! And I’m adapting it to fit me rn with the 3 in 4 out. When I’m healthy I can do long breath holds and all sort of crazy stuff… but rn I need to be so gentle and work with my body to make it through this pneumonia. Wish me healing! And also luck cuz my family is kicking me to the curb and I’m legit looking at being homeless soon. Being disabled is real rough, but I never give up! Plus I’m going to write a book soon on cPTSD & narc abuse recovery. I didn’t go through hell & have my parents try to kill me for nothing.