How to stop feeling overwhelmed

Daily Check-In: March 13th to March 15th, 2026

You become overwhelmed when your brain has demands far too high to manage. It runs wild inside you, so choose one to work on first, then proceed to work on the others until you're feeling calm again. The overwhelming demands can be from exceeding thoughts, having higher expectations you put on yourself, and higher responsibilities.

We need to learn that when things are not normal or safe to proceed, we must work on prioritizing our thoughts one by one to be able to manage properly.

First, you must take time to settle the racing thoughts in your mind. Begin by placing the hardest or smallest thought first; challenge the difficult ones in steps to overcome what needs to be worked on next. You begin to set boundaries for each thought on how you want it to be worked on, coming up with ideas or steps easy to handle should it happen again.

Steps and strategies in tackling your mind:

Write them down: write each one down, and while you are doing that, go over each one by coming up with how to fix that problem.

Set a "worry time": set a time aside for worrying about problems. This is where you calmly work them out and come up with a suitable plan.

Do not dwell during the day: this only stops you from getting through the day. Tell yourself you will work on the problem later when you have "worry time."

Make a plan and carry it out: make the worry time and come up with solutions to the problem, writing them down to keep for future needs.

Accept the worries you cannot control: Accept that you may not get all the worries worked out. Know you can only do your best with how much time in the day you have. Remember to set a time plan to work on as many issues as need tending to.

Focus on the now: Focus on what is being done in the now, and know later you can come back to the trouble times and sort them out.

How do you work out your overwhelming thoughts?

Do you have a plan for working them out? 

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