Too much on your plate

How do you explain the feeling of having too much on your plate… when it isn’t just a plate anymore?

When it’s an entire table.

When it’s everything stacked up so high that you can’t even see what’s underneath it all.

Life doesn’t always arrive gently, does it?
Sometimes it comes in waves. Responsibilities, expectations, noise, constant motion.
And somehow, without even noticing, you become the person holding it all.

The organiser.
The fixer.
The one who keeps going.

But what happens when there’s simply too much?

When even the smallest task feels like it weighs a hundred pounds?

When your mind doesn’t rest, even in silence?

Anxiety doesn’t always scream.
Sometimes it hums quietly in the background, eating away at you in slow, invisible bites.

A tight chest.
A racing mind.
A body that feels exhausted but can’t relax.

Why is it that the world keeps turning as though you’re not drowning beneath it?

How can you be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone inside your own head?

There’s a strange kind of guilt that comes with being overwhelmed.
As though you should be able to cope.
As though everyone else has a secret manual you somehow missed.

But overwhelm isn’t weakness.

It’s what happens when you’ve been strong for too long without a pause.

Too much on your plate isn’t about being incapable.
It’s about being human.

It’s about carrying responsibilities that were never meant to be carried all at once.

And anxiety… anxiety is what creeps in when your mind can’t find a safe place to land.

It whispers worst-case scenarios.
It makes tomorrow feel impossible.
It turns simple moments into mountains.

And still, you keep going.

Because you have to.

Because life doesn’t stop.

But maybe the question isn’t why you feel overwhelmed.

Maybe the question is…
How could you not?

How could anyone carry this much and not feel the cracks forming?

Maybe the bravest thing isn’t pushing through.

Maybe the bravest thing is admitting…

This is heavy.

This is hard.

And I can’t do it all alone.

Because you were never supposed to.