This is such a common human experience.

We’ve all had those moments, days, weeks, months (for some of us) when we feel like the world is crashing down around us. They’re normally such an individual experience that you feel like no one around you could possibly ever understand how you feel.

Which unfortunately is the case most times, but that’s not always true.

At this point in life I’ve had several friends confide to me that they are overwhelmed in every way possible. Because most of my life revolves around school, the meltdowns are normally attached to something school related, but that doesn’t mean that they’re exempt from “real life” problems as well.

I personally have experienced this state of being multiple times in life, no one time being more bearable than the last, but it’s an inevitable part of life. I don’t care how much you work you do in advance, how much planning you put into everything, or the meticulousness you showcase in every thing you do. There will come a time when you feel overwhelmed.

When I feel like I’m at this point I try to rationalize things to myself because it seems like the first thing that goes out the door (along with my sanity) is my common sense. No Carmen, the world is not crashing down. Yes, you are overwhelmed. No, now is not the time to try and nap the troubles away. But it is indeed time to face them.

The sooner you can admit to yourself that you’re overwhelmed, the sooner you can start digging yourself out of the hole that you mentally hide in until the problems go away. For me the journey of getting back to a normal state of feeling involves some deep reflection, prayer, and focus. I have to determine why it is I feel the way I do, and that’s not always an easy thing to do.

I guess I've learned that it’s better to deal with problems head on and admit when you can’t take dealing with them anymore. Making that move isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of wisdom.

Carmen.

Time Clocked: 11:25PM on 1/21/14 → I know that’s horrible, but I’m catching myself up I swear!