I love how you wrote about overwhelm in such depth. I relate with this feeling so much, even I find myself wondering if my overwhelm is even valid. I wonder that I do have the ability to take on a lot of tasks together and yet I feel overwhelmed so easily. Your piece makes me want to read more psychology articles on research of this complex emotion. This was a different piece in comparison to what you've written and I really liked this one. I can see your writing becoming better and better!
Thank you so much for your kind words Kruti.. If you come across any interesting research, please do share it with me as well. I really want to dig deeper into this feeling.
"So, does vocabulary play a role in how deeply we feel and process an emotion?" I think this is a very interesting, deeply troubling query. Specific to your concern about being overwhelmed, what does the emotion feel like if you stripped it off the words you use? Indeed, what does any emotion feel like when there are no words to explore it? "Vedana," a concept from our ancient writings, describes the raw sensation arising from any emotion. At this level, there are only three possible types: good, bad, and neutral. To explore this concept in depth and learn to use tools to harness vedana, I would recommend reading "Deeper mindfulness. The new way to rediscover calm in a chaotic world" by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. Yes, I know that mindfulness has been wrung out to extreme limits, but I found this book to be a unique foray into the area.
Oh I absolutely love this! I overwhelm is a tangled web of emotions and expectations. I almost wake up with it every single day. Then I sit with my journal, untangle it and set myself up to deal with one thing at a time.
And yeah, I think our vocabulary has a lot to do with how we feel and approach things!
As independent content creators and artists, we are responsible and accountable for much of our growth and success.. For me managing this with other commitments like work, family, friends, etc turns out to become an overwhelming affair.
I think overwhelm is mixture of many emotions. When someone try to be one thing yet doubts or questions come in, then overwhelm kicks in. This is what I believe when I feel anxious, doubtful, fearful, angry everything at the same time.
thank you so much Utkarsha for reading.. exactly what I wanted to find out through this post - whether overwhelm is a feeling in itself or is it a combination of all feelings at once..
Rishabh, thank you for capturing and expressing this concept of overwhelm so eloquently. It hits the nail on the head for neurodivergent folks like us :)
Thank you so much for reading Shreya.. Just wanted to sit down with myself and make sense of this feeling.. So happy that it made sense to you as well :)
I love how you wrote about overwhelm in such depth. I relate with this feeling so much, even I find myself wondering if my overwhelm is even valid. I wonder that I do have the ability to take on a lot of tasks together and yet I feel overwhelmed so easily. Your piece makes me want to read more psychology articles on research of this complex emotion. This was a different piece in comparison to what you've written and I really liked this one. I can see your writing becoming better and better!
Thank you so much for your kind words Kruti.. If you come across any interesting research, please do share it with me as well. I really want to dig deeper into this feeling.
"So, does vocabulary play a role in how deeply we feel and process an emotion?" I think this is a very interesting, deeply troubling query. Specific to your concern about being overwhelmed, what does the emotion feel like if you stripped it off the words you use? Indeed, what does any emotion feel like when there are no words to explore it? "Vedana," a concept from our ancient writings, describes the raw sensation arising from any emotion. At this level, there are only three possible types: good, bad, and neutral. To explore this concept in depth and learn to use tools to harness vedana, I would recommend reading "Deeper mindfulness. The new way to rediscover calm in a chaotic world" by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. Yes, I know that mindfulness has been wrung out to extreme limits, but I found this book to be a unique foray into the area.
this is exactly the kind of homework I look forward to doing.. So eager to deeply explore "Vedana" and the book you recommended.
Thank you Arjun, both for reading my work and for engaging with it.
Liked the Juhu beach snaps. Am going to Bombay in 10 days and hope to experience the same.
Btw I hadn't imagined that Overwhelm could be a topic for such a thoughtful post.... Keep writing Rishabh
thank you so much Vinod. Hope Bombay turns out to be a beautiful trip for you.
best wishes
Oh I absolutely love this! I overwhelm is a tangled web of emotions and expectations. I almost wake up with it every single day. Then I sit with my journal, untangle it and set myself up to deal with one thing at a time.
And yeah, I think our vocabulary has a lot to do with how we feel and approach things!
As independent content creators and artists, we are responsible and accountable for much of our growth and success.. For me managing this with other commitments like work, family, friends, etc turns out to become an overwhelming affair.
Yeah, absolutely!!
This is so so beautiful! Overwhelm as a word is so overwhelming. This gives it some space, a form too!
thank you so much Om bhai
I think overwhelm is mixture of many emotions. When someone try to be one thing yet doubts or questions come in, then overwhelm kicks in. This is what I believe when I feel anxious, doubtful, fearful, angry everything at the same time.
Nice take on the concept of it, Rishabh🙌
thank you so much Utkarsha for reading.. exactly what I wanted to find out through this post - whether overwhelm is a feeling in itself or is it a combination of all feelings at once..
Rishabh, thank you for capturing and expressing this concept of overwhelm so eloquently. It hits the nail on the head for neurodivergent folks like us :)
Thank you so much for reading Shreya.. Just wanted to sit down with myself and make sense of this feeling.. So happy that it made sense to you as well :)