Maybe you get frustrated with yourself and tell yourself, "I'm too lazy" or "Why can't I just get it together?" Or you might think to yourself, "So-and-so does it all. Why can't I?" Sometimes these thoughts can back-fire and prevent us from doing what we can do. 

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It’s hard when we’re tired and things affect us more than they usually do. Have you ever had that experience when you blow up over something little? To make things worse, other people’s responses aren’t validating; they’ll say something like, “Come on, it wasn’t such a big deal. We can fix it.” It’s not about the little thing that went wrong. Often it’s the compounding of different things that made you upset.

We’ve all been there. That feeling that everything is happening all at once. It seems like it’s just too much. You might feel consumed by your thoughts. The hard part about feeling overwhelmed is that it sometimes takes a big cry or a surge of intense emotions before we realize that we need to slow down or take a break.