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Breathing Pacer

Follow the circle — in, hold, out. Box breathing or 4-7-8, paced for you, no counting in your head.

Ready

press start

Pick a pattern

The pacing only runs while this tab is open. On phones that support it, each phase change comes with a gentle buzz.

Why pace your breathing?

Slow, even breathing is one of the fastest ways to tell a revved-up nervous system that the emergency is over. The counting is the annoying part — so the circle does it for you.

Use it before sleep, before a meeting, or in the middle of an RSD spike. If the sting is the loud thing right now, there's a fuller protocol for that.

Open the RSD First Aid Kit