"Well, not to be too reassuring or anything, but I actually have no idea how to handle this."

"But I think the first step is that you sit quietly and let yourself experience everything and remember that people like me have always had bodies, worse and more painful bodies than yours, and we've survived.  It will be okay."

"The next step after that will be learning to focus your attention on one thing at a time, like, can you just pay attention to your right thumb more than to everything else."

"Well, not to be too reassuring or anything, but I actually have no idea how to handle this."

"But I'd guess that the first step is that you sit quietly and let yourself experience everything and remember that people like me have always had bodies, worse and more painful bodies than yours, and we've survived.  It will be okay."

"The next step after that will be learning to focus your attention on one thing at a time, like, can you just pay attention to your right thumb more than to everything else."