# Overwhelmed [[be specific]]. [[take your time]] and [[be here now]]. [[leave the house|take space]] Remember [[It is a game]]. [[Breathe|breathe]] and [[listen]]. Go [[step by step]], maybe . ## Questions to ask yourself - [[there is good in everything|is there good this this]] - [[ask how long]] - good guess is you could be in substantially different mind space within 30min. Just let it go. - Are you in [[Depression - the fog]] ## What is hard about it? # Too much and I shut down ## Often unhealthy responses to feeling overwhelmed - [[emotional eating]] - [[escapism]] - [[nihilism]] - [[napping]] - [[avoidance]] - [[disassociation]] - [[drugs]] - [[I am procrastinating|procrastination]]