Going Inwards Day 1: Reflect on Overwhelm

How to Navigate Overwhelm: Journal Prompts and a Self-Soothing Toolkit

Introduction

We’ve all been there: overwhelmed, paralysed by emotions that feel too big to handle. That heavy, suffocating feeling when your thoughts are racing, your body is tense, and everything feels like too much. I’ve felt it too—so deeply, in fact, that I wasn’t sure I’d ever make it through.

Through DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) and my own he…