Overwhelmed Quotes Novels & Stories

I handed it over to her and she took a few sips. “I am glad you didn't burn the kitchen,” She said. I chuckled softly. “Wow, you are cracking jokes? I guess the beverage is working already.” “I take it whenever I feel overwhelmed with work,” I told her. She nodded her head slowly. “Well, I am beyond overwhelmed. I have several emotions running through my veins at the moment,” I waited for her to speak, I didn't want to force her to say anything. I was totally fine if she didn't want to talk about it.

too much? Helen was ashamed of the question, because it had always been herself who had been too much, and all of a sudden she was the one who felt like things were overwhelming. Dr Scherer wasn’t surprised by it, though. Of course she wouldn’t have been, because she was good at her job, or maybe she was only biased, given what she knew about Helen. ‘As I said, overburdening isn’t unusual in a crisis.’ A huge pile of future that you don't know what to do with: that was what overburdening felt like. Helen meant something else and it had little to do with the crisis.

her mother coaxed, leaning forward, “I can see you’re carrying so much. Please, let me in.” Taking a shaky breath, Janiya finally spoke. “I just… I feel like I’m drowning. I was supposed to have it all figured out by now, but I don’t. Life feels overwhelming, and I can’t even keep up with the bills. The idea of not having money makes me feel even more lost.” Marlene nodded slowly, absorbing her daughter’s fears. “It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. You’re in a transitional phase, and it’s normal to feel lost. It doesn’t mean you’re failing.”

"I wasn't feeling well. Something happened" "Oh, something happened?" he scoffed, voice sharp. "Must've been real fucking bad if you couldn't type two lines to your boss." "I wasn't thinking straight," I murmured, trying to keep my voice steady. My fingers were fidgeting on my lap, and I forced them to still. "I was overwhelmed. I" "You're my goddamn secretary, Emily. You don't get to be overwhelmed." There it was. That word again. Secretary. As if that's all I was.

I can’t begin to explain the trauma, the hurt, the untold damage I’ve been put through. To tell you the truth, I want to curl up in a ball and cry. Yes, I know it makes me sound like a wimp, but you try going through all of this- then tell me you wouldn’t be overwhelmed!

More tears stream down my face as I begin to feel overwhelmed by my swarming thoughts. There's so much emotion building up inside of me that I feel like I'm going to explode at any minute. I can't deal with him and his fucking girlfriend. I can't deal with this feeling of feeling like I'm drowning. It almost feels like I can't breathe, like there's so many things building up and I don’t know how to handle or process any of it! My chest feels like there’s a huge weight piled up against it and I want so desperately to pull it off but it's impossible.

It’s a confusing mess of desires, feelings, and responsibilities, pulling me in different directions. Crap. I didn’t use quotation marks.

she spoke, her voice full of compassion. Veronica took a deep breath and began to speak. "I'm just feeling really overwhelmed.” Veronica started, her voice barely above a whisper. "Everything around me just feels like too much load and I can't carry it anymore and I also don't know how to make it stop. I hate life. Life sucks because of my mistakes. I don't understand why it has to be that way.

"A lot. It's just a lot happening and I don't even know what to feel. It's so hard." He tipped my chin with his index finger, raisin my head to his gaze. "What's so hard?" "Everything. My life. My love life. Everything. It's getting too overwhelming. I don't know how not to care. I don't want to care about everything happening in my life or around me. Hell, I don't want to care about whoever is speaking. I just want to..." I sighed. "not care." "Come with us," His fingers slipped into mine.