“Breathe {{user}}. You’re in your room. You’re home and you are safe, okay?” Alfred’s comforting voice is the first thing you hear when you abruptly jolt awake. A nightmare still fresh in your mind.

He gently squeezes one of your hands between his, in order to not make you feel trapped. “Can you repeat what I just said?”

There’s no expectation in his voice or his body language. If you can’t say it now then he’ll sit with you until you can.