However, for many people living in a constant state of overwhelm has become the norm rather than the exception.

Chronic overwhelm is one of the most debilitating emotions. It is a sensation that cannot easily be brushed under the rug while expecting it to disappear altogether just a few days after the main trigger has been dealt with. Moreover, if ignored indefinitely, the consequences become a burden on the overall well-being of
the affected person.

Depending on how you handle stress as an individual, the effects of this condition may take time to become evident but ultimately, feeling overwhelmed regularly can affect your mind, body and spirit unless you learn to implement steps to recognize it and alleviate it.

So, what do you do when you are feeling overwhelmed? Or better yet, are you even aware that you might be in a constant state of overwhelm? This is an important question to ask yourself as the feeling itself prevents the awareness... and you cannot work on making anything better unless you are first aware that the problem exists.

The feeling of overwhelm derives from the stress caused by your reactions to life’s ups and downs. The anxiety caused by a rushy lifestyle, in a cluttered environment, with an overbooked schedule and not enough hours in the day to do all those things on your "to-do" list, eventually cause a sense of hopelessness.

Much like a snow ball going downhill, as you get more things to do, hopelessness increases in size and the feeling of overwhelm grows larger until it can wreck havoc on your health. The problem is that you can’t become aware of your state just because you are so busy 'at it'!

And, since the feeling feeds on stress, the more stress and worry the more tension and overwhelm until it becomes a part of life without your even being conscious of this.

Here are a few pointers for you to ponder upon...

Because of the Mind/Body connection, your emotional health affects your physical health. Let’s now explore what happens inside while you are feeling overwhelmed:

Once a stressor is present, the adrenal glands –that sit atop the kidneys- go on override to produce cortisol, the stress hormone that helps us in the "fight or flight" response. This response is meant for short-term events, and once the threat is gone, the cortisol levels return to normal, until the need arises again. This is a wonderful mechanism for the purpose if keeping us safe and well.

However, when we are chronically overwhelmed, the levels of cortisol remain high in our system damaging healthy tissues. Eventually, adrenal fatigue causes constant sleepiness or insomnia, foggy thinking, fatigue that goes from weakness to exhaustion, weight gain, depression, irritability and mood swings. As the adrenal glands become depleted, adrenal exhaustion sets in giving way to a variety of serious health conditions.

Also, from the metaphysical view point, feeling overwhelmed and stressed will inhibit your potential to manifest abundance because feeling overwhelmed is linked to low vibrations!

So what can you do to ease on anxiety and on feeling overwhelmed?

Dr. Carol Look and Rick Wilkes, have put together a fabulous program titled "From Overwhelm to Clarity" composed of 8 MP3 Audio Recordings + 147 page downloadable PDF Transcript.

In this program, they talk about how small changes can make a big impact and how tapping helps gain control of the emotions involved in overwhelm, how to stop the vicious cycle, how to relax and release tension, and more.

With over 5 hours of helpful instruction and EFT/Meridian Tapping, Dr. Look and Mr. Wilkes will help you eliminate feeling overwhelmed while giving way to peace and clarity of mind.

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