The key to this part is to think about something and think about it in a positive way. Don't think about missing your friends, think about your friends: how they are, how they act. Think of them when they were safe, a time when you actually knew they were all right.
The next step is just that: there's a possibility that they're okay. Accept it. Let go of that memory. Be just one with yourself.
[Action;]
The next step is just that: there's a possibility that they're okay. Accept it. Let go of that memory. Be just one with yourself.
[And he inhaled.]
Keep breathing at a rhythm.