So personally, whenever I’m breaking down or start shaking about something it really helps me when someone is there comforting me. While texting can help, if possible, hearing their voice really helps too. When I had one a few days ago about a deadline that I had nearly missed and I felt my chest tightening, one of my friends had called me on the phone. She had talked to me calmly and reassured me, and in my opinion it was so much more relaxing than texting. Just hearing her voice and remembering my feet were planted firmly on the floor, it kinda brings you back down to earth.