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What overwhelm looks like for me
Because it still happens sometimes even with a good routine
I need to brain dump my thoughts onto paper daily at first and then multiple times a day (but I don’t save the paper).
I think so loudly that I miss what’s happening around me.
I bump into more objects and lose track of where my limbs are.
My brain is busy when I try to sleep and is still going when I wake up.
My stomach is tense and my breaths are shallow.
Video is overstimulating reading is overstimulating I’m under stimulated inactivity is somehow overstimulating.
I need multiple lists and reminders to remember what I’m doing.
I’m stressed by
everything.
And I don’t notice all this until I finally remember to
stop
take a deep breath
and then I realize: Oh. I’m overwhelmed
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