# Emotional overload - URL: https://numo.ai/community/t9r8x8n/emotional-overload - Language: en - Author: @kakestailored - Posted: 2023-08-14T14:41:31.117Z - Updated: 2023-08-14T14:41:46.999Z - Tag: question - Comments: 31 - Likes: 31 ![](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com:443/v0/b/mindist-well.appspot.com/o/postsPhoto%2Ft9r8x8n.jpg?alt=media&token=6cb7a808-d99a-47f7-9c8c-a8ed2f992b1a) Anybody feels like they sometimes get this mental overload that makes it extremely difficult to control emotions? ## Comments (32) ### @aliona :3 — 2023-10-16T16:15:06.432Z Yo ### @aliona :3 — 2023-10-16T16:14:54.714Z Hii ### @aliona :3 — 2023-10-16T16:14:54.714Z Hii ### @aliona :3 — 2023-10-16T16:14:53.469Z Hii ### @aliona :3 — 2023-10-16T16:14:53.469Z Hii ### @francisbacon — 2023-08-27T21:22:22.052Z yes - I tend to keep my problems for me and rarely share when smt bothers me or hurts me so when I have an emotional moment it overcomes me and then I lose control ### @addigator — 2023-08-27T19:58:39.816Z Yeah then I start doing things out of character ### @AllBrowsersOpen — 2023-08-27T15:20:32.837Z This happened to me a few times a week. I notice it’s worse in the morning hours.! ### @superfocus — 2023-08-27T14:43:43.422Z Yea I can feel the spiral starting sometimes. I start to disengage from things before I go too far. ### @NurseSueRN — 2023-08-27T10:32:48.986Z I’m more interested in reading ### @AnnHelen — 2023-08-27T09:04:32.129Z I was just thinking about it. I just got told again that my so can’t stay another night, and I feel devastated and every inch of my body physically hurts, even though I knew he was supposed to go home today, I had somehow made up this thing where he surprises me by staying one more night after all, and get totally crushed when my fake reality don’t happen 😳 it bothers me that I SEE what’s going on with me, but I can’t change the emotions 😔 ### @Susanna47 — 2023-08-26T21:57:54.701Z Definitely, even more so approaching’time of month’ ### @sooziesquirrel — 2023-08-26T02:05:27.821Z I’m Autie-ADHD and kids wailing in the supermarkets can make me want to do the same if I’m already on edge. I’m attempting to throw more things into the TOO HARD basket - when I’m dehoarding my craft stuff and my hubby asks me about a stress-purchase… too hard for right now, ask me later! ### @JasonC — 2023-08-26T01:23:13.519Z Yep most days I get that way ### @smackingadhd — 2023-08-25T19:16:50.825Z Yes and combined with struggling with words it just makes everything worse. ### @iceray — 2023-08-25T15:33:52.279Z Yup, I’m constantly in hot water with my wife because of it.. ### @AnnHelen — 2023-08-25T08:38:43.332Z Yup 🥹 ### @arieladhd — 2023-08-25T08:38:20.241Z Yep. I feel like a computer with too many browsers open. Just can’t handle it. ### @esekyu — 2023-08-24T16:56:43.085Z Totally 😭 ### @goffyasshoe — 2023-08-24T02:52:47.267Z Yep once a month I have a existential crisis ### @figjam — 2023-08-20T23:43:24.512Z Yes, since my diagnosis late in life…mask flung off and it’s like back to adolescences! My poor kids 🙈 ### @crystabelle — 2023-08-19T15:39:02.003Z I recently found this really interesting article on emotional disregulation as a common part of ADHD https://www.additudemag.com/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-adhd-emotional-dysregulation/ ### @ParabolicHeater — 2023-08-16T18:10:54.417Z Yes! ### @neuroart007 — 2023-08-16T07:40:35.144Z Absolutely, i feel like I'm constantly juggling 10 balls 🏀 in a circus. 🎪 ### @becii — 2023-08-14T23:43:03.195Z yes i want to cry every second but try to push them back, crying without any reason ### @what wasthat? — 2023-08-14T20:04:01.980Z Yes it does ### @Yryan — 2023-08-14T19:50:38.982Z Oh big YES! to this one.. Keep in mind that there is a lot of overlap between neurodivergent "issues" such as Autism Spectrum Disorder.. (and having ADHD doesn't exactly make you immune, lol) ### @adhdartist2023 — 2023-08-14T18:16:19.339Z You bet. If I’m tired or hangry or have to work with extreme stress or conflict for an extended period of time, my brain is done. My daughter insists on talking everything out all the time, and she has followed me into the bathroom and closet in order to do so. I finally said to her, “Do you want nice mom or orc mom?” So far she’s only pushed me into orc mom twice in the past 6 months, and it wasn’t pretty. The emotional overload makes it very difficult to access my brain too - like formulating the sentences I want to say or giving someone my reasons for choosing/thinking/behaving a certain thing/thought/way. That’s just as frustrating for me as the emotional stuff. Great post. 🙏🏻 ### @ParabolicHeater — 2023-08-14T16:46:15.151Z Yes! At times trying to figure out what detail triggered said event. ### @lilmushroomgal — 2023-08-14T15:57:46.181Z All the time 😭 ### @Licorne — 2023-08-14T15:02:56.270Z Yup!!! This is why it’s very important to manage space in your schedule for « bubble-time ». Moments where you can shut down all stimulation so you can cool down! Some days, you’ll only need few breaks and other days, you’ll need many. This method really works for me and my extremely ADHD son. ### @Unknown — 2023-08-14T14:50:55.189Z ✋ Yep. My personal highway to paralysis.