10/06/2026
People often describe overwhelm as the feeling they have when they are facing many demands and they don’t feel able to manage or cope. Overwhelm can appear to be a sudden feeling – like a firework exploding or falling off a cliff – but the stresses, the decisions, the choices, the demands have very likely been building and building until it all just feels like ‘too much’. It can be like emotional paralysis or like being crippled with indecision. Even simple tasks can feel like ‘too much’. Does this sound familiar? Have you ever felt like this?