LHM Youth Lifestyle Information – Feeling Overwhelmed

Feeling overwhelmed is something a lot of people experience. They can be healthy, have a physical condition, young, older, male or female. Everyone can feel overwhelmed at some point.

It can sometimes feel like your thoughts are bouncing around your mind and you find it hard to concentrate on anything. Your concentration might be affected by this and you might even find it hard to complete tasks you usually find quite easily.

Being a young person can mean you already have a full plate.

Your education, friendships/social circles, family life and growing into a young adult can often feel like more than enough to deal with and this alone can create a feeling of being overwhelmed. Living life with half a working heart and understanding what that means on top of everything else can add more worry. This feeling is completely understandable, you are not the only person feeling this way.

Feeling overwhelmed every now and again when you have a lot to deal with is something most people go through, on its own this like this it wouldn’t be considered a ‘treatable mental health condition’. That doesn’t take away from how hard it can be. You still need to find ways to cope if or when it happens.

If you start feeling overwhelmed more and more often, if it starts to become a ‘normal’ feeling for you and impacts your day to day life it might be that this is a symptom of a mental health condition, if stress starts to build up over time you might even start to feel burned out. If this is happening to you it might be time to speak to your parents/guardians about it and see if you can seek some support. You’re not alone and there is nothing wrong with doing this.

There is nothing unusual about feeling overwhelmed.

If you feel this way speaking to somebody you trust can really help. There is no right person to speak to, everyone will have a trusted person that they feel most comfortable talking to. This could be a parent/guardian or family member, a friend or school teacher even someone from Little Hearts Matter.

We know it can sometimes be a difficult conversation to start so here are some ways that could help you, or you can use them as inspiration to create something that suits you perfectly.

Feeling overwhelmed every now and again when you have a lot to deal with is something most people go through, on its own this like this it wouldn’t be considered a ‘treatable mental health condition’. That doesn’t take away from how hard it can be. You still need to find ways to cope if or when it happens.

If you start feeling overwhelmed more and more often, if it starts to become a ‘normal’ feeling for you and impacts your day to day life it might be that this is a symptom of a mental health condition, if stress starts to build up over time you might even start to feel burned out. If this is happening to you it might be time to speak to your parents/guardians about it and see if you can seek some support. You’re not alone and there is nothing wrong with doing this.

It is ALWAYS okay for you to go to your trusted person when you feel overwhelmed. If you don’t think you have someone specific to speak to Lexie our youth leader at Little Hearts Matter is a message away. If you would rather look at some other places for information instead that is fine too. We have put some links below.

The LHM Youth Hub – To get in touch with our youth leader and mentors

The children’s Society Stress guide written by young people.

The Calm App – with guided meditations to help stress.

The Breathe 2 Relax App – A portable stress management tool

Childline – For support and Information

The Mix – Apps to help inform and give stress relief