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How do you stop someone from hyperventilating-and freaking out?

A friend of mine is freaking out because she is failing all her classes and she’s now hyperventilating and I don’t know how to calm her-

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This is some thing I struggle with two so trust me have her start breathing on a rhythm 1212
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Try getting them to breathe into there belly rather than there chest and try to get them to hold there breath for 10 to 15 seconds at a time or try to get them too breath in there cupped

hands or a paper bag

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