# 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]]