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Overwhelm Isn’t Failure, It’s Capacity Being Exceeded
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Parenting overwhelm rarely looks like the movie version of a breakdown. Sometimes it’s quiet. You still get everyone fed, you still answer the school emails, you still show up for work but inside you feel flat, flooded, and one small request away from snapping. I’m Kim Lee, a child and adolescent psychotherapist, and I’m unpacking what’s happening beneath the surface when a parent is carrying more than they can realistically hold.
We define overwhelm as dysregulation: a state where your emotional, psychological, and body-based signals become too much to process. That’s why…
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