Good on you for writing this.

I found when my partner or myself are struggling, we hold each other or hold hands if we need a bit of space and the 'supporter' breathes steadily, taking the overflowing emotion and processing it through the breath - that's one way of seeing it.

Of course there's times when we need even more space. Time alone to reach centeredness.

Support without pressure, unending empathy, pure love that absorbs all negative energy and short circuits it to the ground instead of letting it circulate indefinitely.