Feeling overwhelmed is when our system feels there’s too much and it’s a physiological state of feeling under threat. The point of too much is different for each of us but it means we become disregulated and feel levels of stress and pressure.
On Being Too Busy
I am not busy. This sometimes feels like a dirty secret or a guilty confession within today’s social norm. I have only just released myself from the ‘shoulding’ of busyness. A part of me has been telling myself that I should be doing more with my time, with my life. Busy means to be active and engaged, to not be ‘at leisure’. I believe that being is also a way to be actively engaged with life. I’m one of those people who looks for the spaces between commitments in their calendar, rather than a person who likes to see they…
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