Breathe with the water. You can close your eyes.
Screen dimmed. The rhythm is still running.
Touch anywhere to bring it back.
Still stormy, or passing?
Something else to try
Tap anywhere when you have
Your phone has one motor, so it keeps the beat. Your hands do the alternating.
How big was it?
Tap a wave, or skip. Nothing here is scored.
Where were you?
That was hard. You rode it.
Shelter
This is the calm side of the app. Nothing here is urgent, so it is allowed to take its time.
Rehearse the rhythm
Three minutes on an ordinary day. The point is that your body knows the pattern before it needs it.
Your person
Crisis lines
Calibrate the haptics
Vibration motors vary wildly between phones. Set the strength once so the swell is easy to follow without being startling.
Settings
Tide is the default because holding the breath can make some attacks worse.
The rhythm you can follow with the phone in a pocket.
A low swell under the rhythm, for phones with weak motors.
Darken the screen after forty five seconds without a touch, so the rhythm can run in a pocket.
Your log
Everything Sway knows sits on this phone. Take a copy whenever you want one.
Sway. Made to be used four times a year and trusted every time.
A self-help tool, not a medical device or a treatment.
Almanac
Learn
Ten short pieces about what a panic attack does to a body, and one about what to do for someone else.
Hand this to someone
A full screen card for a bystander, so you do not have to explain any of this out loud.