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You're feeling overwhelmed. What might help right now?

Pick whatever feels possible. There's no right answer, and you can come back to the others any time.

Step 1 · Understand

What overwhelmed can feel like

Overwhelm is what happens when there is more coming in than there is capacity to hold. Everything can feel urgent, and nothing can feel possible.

Sometimes this can be connected to…

See whether any of these feel relevant. This may or may not fit your experience.

  • Too many demands at once, with no gaps between them
  • Sensory input — noise, light, people, screens
  • Carrying responsibility for other people's needs
  • Not enough rest for a long time

Possible feelings underneath it

  • Exhausted
  • Stretched
  • Too much
  • Unable to cope
  • Mentally overloaded

You might notice…

In your feelings

  • Tearfulness or blankness
  • Everything feeling urgent
  • Wanting to escape

In what you do

  • Freezing on simple tasks
  • Avoiding messages
  • Doing everything at once

In your body

  • Tight chest
  • Buzzing or heaviness
  • Foggy thinking

The rest of this page is for members

Members can reflect with prompts written for overwhelmed, choose what they need, follow a matched Recovery Trauma™ exercise, and save it privately to their journal.

  • Réfléchir
  • What you might need
  • Your exercise
  • Save to journal
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