Marceline

Hyperventilating and shortness of breath
This is especially common if someone starts to relive it
And feel like they're back in that place of vulnerability
They give a big reaction to something small
That is, their reaction is disproportionate to the situation
Because their past trauma has been touched on
And therefore is impacting their perception
They shut down emotionally
So the conversation may shift to something more surface level
Because they have less capacity to go deeper
Given part of their attention is taken up by their trauma
They go silent
Which happens when you totally dissociate from the environment
And while this may be visible
Going quiet in general can be caused by many things
And is rarely attributed to having one's trauma triggered
If you have depression

What it all comes down to
Is whether it'll end
My thoughts are all down too
Is there nothing else
But what it all comes down to
Will my thoughts bring me down too
Am I nothing else

When you pick up the phone
And ring the dial
And hear the tone
I know you know that I'm not here

Oh cause I took the fall
And made the call
Went through it all
Thinking it's best that I'm not here