The Hidden Cost of Constant Emotional Overload

The Hidden Cost of Constant Emotional Overload

There are seasons when emotional strain arrives because something difficult has happened. A loss. A diagnosis. A betrayal. A season of caregiving or uncertainty. The nervous system responds appropriately to those moments, mobilizing attention, energy, and vigilance in order to endure what feels threatening or unstable. But many people are no longer living in isolated seasons of emotional strain. They are living in a state of constant emotional overload.