Just recently I was introduced to the word, overwhelmed, when it took me 2 days to find what was upsetting my relationship with my friend. Overwhelmed comes with a feeling which created
*tiredness, *lack of laughter, *being busy all the time,
*finding distractions from anything the same,
*lack of interest in surroundings even though they are supposedly happy.
In fact I thought it created stress. So, a person overwhelmed with responsibility of ………………whatever , can be overwhelmed and therefore create a feeling which stops them from being there happy self.
Is overwhelmed only created by thinking there is too much to do and it’s unmanageable (no clear picture).
Is overwhelming when too much is happening at once.
So overwhelming can shut you done if you don’t notice it. The energy around you feels like you are being dragged down, too tired to contemplate the job, or shut off to too much noise or happenings.
When my friend and I discovered how OVERWHELMED feeling had strained our relationship, we investigated what may have created this feeling. We found that the to do list was so big and never ending the task was becoming unbearable. We put the to do list on one side and released the responsibility of it, knowing it will always be there. We chose the one job that was needed the most and set out to do that before even looking at the next job. We then had a laugh and went about our job much more pleasantly. We allowed time for leisure and lunch then moved back to the next job.
OVERWHELMED must be something that some people have real trouble with.
My friend and I became aware and could see when the overwhelmed feeling came, so we made up a fun word that would change our feeling straight away. Finding a word was fun, as we would call out words and see how they affected our feelings. Once we found a word, it all was much better. “Fruit”, was the word, probably because it was something I look forward to and it had a good feeling.
There is nothing nicer than a good feeling that makes you smile from within.
love to you all. ali
