This sounds selfless, but ultimately will backfire, leaving you spread too thinly and unable to complete tasks. Self care becomes almost impossible because you may feel that you are losing yourself and prioritizing others. As you feel overwhelmed, you may find it hard to say no and recognize your boundaries. People that practice saying no know their boundaries and are able to perform tasks that they say yes to more efficiently and wholeheartedly. This kind of ‘shut down mode’ means that no matter how much you sleep you will be exhausted, as your brain forces you to avoid the reality you have created. Your brain will eventually tell your body one of two things: the anxiety of having too much to do will keep you up, or your brain will shut your body down. It may creep up on you, as you push yourself harder and harder, lack of sleep becoming the norm, until you are unable to sleep in a normal pattern.
Odd sleeping patterns also manifests in either too much sleep, or not enough. By paying attention to the food we eat, we can tune into an underlying issue. We may also eat much less than we normally do, not becoming hungry at all. We then may eat more food than we normally do, including eating when we are not hungry. In cases of overwhelm, our bodies seek comfort. #6 You’re eating more or less than you normally do Yes, when your life circuits are on overload, you may not be a very nice person to be around. You may indulge in complaining and criticizing, starting fights for no reason, and very loud and very public temper tantrums – even though you should have outgrown them decades ago. You may also start bullying or intimidating people, muttering snide comments under your breath, bad-mouth, gossip or even plot revenge against others. Your behavior may include yelling, screaming, cutting off people in traffic. Life overwhelm can express itself by making you irritable, angry and prone to lashing out in all directions. They may not be able to complete usual tasks, have a decreased energy and lose pleasure in usual life activities. Individuals may feel anxious, depressed, withdrawn or even hopeless.
Others may internalize their feeling of being overwhelmed by being overly self-critical, self-judgmental and have an increased negative self talk. Some individuals find themselves externalizing their feeling of being overwhelmed by projecting their emotions out. People typically find themselves having a short fuse, a lower threshold for stress, and find themselves in outbursts about things/situations that typically would not cause them to lose their patience.
#3 Feeling angry, irritated, annoyed or frustrated Overwhelmed people may withdraw from their support system and extra activities. Some people cope with life when it becomes too tough by isolating themselves from everyone. When life gets to be just a bit too much and you want to pull the sheets over your head and stay in bed all the time.
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