overstimulation

  • Every Yes Costs Me Something

    What they don’t see is the hesitation sitting in my chest before I even open the message. The way my heart races while my fingers hover over the keyboard. The way I read the same invitation three times, weighing every… Continue reading

    Every Yes Costs Me Something
  • When Being Here Is All I Can Do

    Some days I can talk to everyone. I can hold conversations, respond with ease, make people laugh, even carry their emotions alongside my own. I show up, I seem fine, I am fine – for a while. Other days, replying… Continue reading

    When Being Here Is All I Can Do
  • When Explaining Becomes Exhausting

    I stopped explaining my triggers. Not out of bitterness. Not even out of pride. I just got tired of watching people’s eyes glaze over halfway through my sentence. Of feeling like I was offering pieces of my pain to people… Continue reading

    When Explaining Becomes Exhausting