Why You Feel Overwhelmed
(and How to Fix It)
Please note: our content contains sensitive discussions of childhood sexual abuse.
If you’re constantly feeling overwhelmed, shut down, or on edge, know that you are not broken, but possibly responding to unresolved trauma.
This short featuring a psychotherapist, Emilia, explains how trauma impacts our emotions, relationships and even our bodies. This video may help if you’ve ever felt “not enough” or too much. In this short video, psychotherapist Emilia explains how trauma lives in the nervous system and why everyday experiences can feel overwhelming. You are not broken. What you’re feeling makes sense. This message is part of Braving Healing, a movement centered on survivor storytelling, nervous system wisdom, and community support for those impacted by (CSA).
Connect with Emilia
Emilia Pacholec is psychotherapist based in Toronto. She began her career working with patients experiencing Borderline Personality Disorder and later focused on adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She brings an evidence-based approach along with a down-to-earth understanding of the complexities of trauma.