When Overwhelm Becomes the Messenger
You’re Responding Backwards
There is something no one really tells you about overwhelm, and that is that it is not the enemy, only a signal. Most people, when they become overwhelmed, end up doing the exact opposite of what’s needed. They speed up instead of slowing down, try more, push harder, go faster, and get themselves into mental gymnastics that would make an Olympic gold medallist quietly step aside and say, “no no… you go.”
Overwhelm is not some inner instruction telling you to power through, and it’s not a voice you need to override. It’s your own wisdom asking you to slow down so that you can actually process what’s in front of you. Sometimes that looks like ten minutes of conscious rest, other times it’s simply catching your breath and letting life catch up to you because somewhere along the way, you moved out of sync with yourself. It’s not telling you to chase or warning you that you’ve fallen behind, it’s reminding you that even though everything in you wants to speed up, what is actually needed is to slow down.
What does that do?
It brings you back into your body, which is the only place you are ever truly powerful. It steadies you so that you can move forward deliberately instead of desperately. The issue is not how far you still have to go, it’s how willing you are to slow down enough to meet yourself where you are. Overwhelm is not something to be pushed aside like a naughty child and told to keep quiet, it is something to be acknowledged, even thanked, because it is often the first honest signal that something within you is ready to shift.
The Real Message
At its core, overwhelm is telling you that something has to change. You’re not in trouble, and you’re not behind, but you do need to slow down. It’s a simple message, and yet one that so often goes unheard, not because we can’t hear it, but because we were taught to interpret it as failure. So we learned to cope, and coping became another way of pushing through and ignoring the part of us that was asking for something different.
Overwhelm is rarely about one moment. It’s usually the accumulation of everything that was never fully felt, met, or acknowledged. And when that builds for long enough, the system will eventually call you back, not gently, but honestly.
The Best Way to Ignore an Inner Voice
The easiest way to ignore an inner voice is to talk louder. And that is exactly what happens in the presence of overwhelm. When something inside is asking you to slow down, to sit down before you hurt yourself, the mind doesn’t listen, it argues.
It begins to strategise and analyse, trying to think its way out of something that was never meant to be solved that way. The instinct is to think your way out of it, to make sense of it, to find the right plan, but overwhelm doesn’t resolve in the mind, and the more you try to solve it there, the further you move from the part of you that actually can.
The mind keeps trying to fix what only the heart can hold.
And in doing so, you drown out the very signal that was trying to guide you.
The Trap
This is the trap. The instinct is to think your way out of overwhelm, to make sense of it, solve it, and get ahead of it before it gets ahead of you. But overwhelm does not resolve in the mind, and the more you try to solve it there, the further you move from the part of you that actually can. In doing so, you end up drowning out the very signal that was trying to guide you.
Why Thinking Harder Doesn’t Help
The reason this does not work is because overwhelm is not a mental problem. It is an energetic signal that somewhere along the way, you left yourself behind. You do not need to catch up to your thoughts. In truth, you have probably thought yourself into a maze and are now busy tripping over your own cleverness.
What is needed here is not more mental effort, but energetic processing. That is how overwhelm begins to resolve.
The Wrong Car
Think of it like this. Trying to think your way out of overwhelm is like being in a car that was only ever designed to drive on the ground. It works beautifully there, it gets you from one place to another, it gives you a sense of direction and control.
But then something shifts. You become aware of a higher path, something elevated, something you cannot quite explain but can feel is real. It is not on the road in front of you, it sits above you, quietly calling you into something more.
So you accelerate.
And the faster you go, the more obvious it becomes that you are not getting any closer to it. Instead of slowing down long enough to recognise that you may need a different kind of vehicle for where you are being asked to go, you press harder, convinced that if you just go faster, push more, and figure it out quickly enough, you will somehow reach it.
You won’t.
All that happens is the pressure builds. The panic creeps in. Everything starts to feel overwhelming, not because you are failing, but because you are trying to reach something higher using a system that was never designed for it.
At some point, the only thing that works is to slow the car down. Come to a stop. Step out of it completely.
Not because you are giving up, but because you are being asked to change vehicles.
And that new vehicle does not arrive through thinking faster. It comes through exhaling, through letting the effort drain out of you, through allowing yourself to feel what is actually here.
Because the elevation you are sensing is real. But it is not accessed through force. It is accessed through alignment.
You don’t need to drive faster. You need to get out of the car.
Stepping Out
And here’s the part most people don’t realise.
You’ve been the one fuelling the car. Not just with effort, but with your life force. With your attention, your energy, your constant trying to figure it all out. It’s exhausting. Overthinking when everything in you is asking you to stop is tiring in a way that is hard to put into words.
And it creates a vicious cycle. The more depleted you become, the more you feel you need to push, and the more you push, the more depleted you become.
So you keep driving, on empty, pressing harder on something that has nothing left to give.
At some point, you have to get out of the damn car.
Step into something else entirely.
Because the moment you do, you begin to realise something you hadn’t considered before. The tank was never truly empty. You were just disconnected from the source that fills it.
Call it what you like. Life force. Source. God-juice.
It is the same thing.
It is the energy you have felt separate from for so long, the very thing you have been trying to compensate for through effort and control. But it was never missing, only out of reach because you were looking for it in the wrong place.
You come from that. From something whole. From something deeply connected. From something that does not need to strive in order to be enough.
And that is the spaciousness you have been craving. That is the clarity. That is the resolution to overwhelm. Not more effort, not more thinking, but realignment with what you already are.
So breathe. Not as a technique, but as a return. Let it land in your body. Let it fill the places that have been running on empty for far too long.
Because you are not here to drive yourself into the ground trying to keep up.
You are here to remember who you are.
Walk with me inside the Plasma Light Tribe
I have recently joined PLT, which a friend told me about you. As soon as I heard you speak on a video, I KNEW
this is where I need to be!! Just reading your blog on Overwhelm has resonated very deeply. It is going beyond the words where it is needed. Its like hearing now what I’ve KNOWN to be True but was wandering
in the wilderness all my life, seeking, searching, every Spiritual path, having dark nights of the Soul, but I would cry out asking where is my Spiritual family? YEARS of pushing, living in my head and KNEW I was, but
was TERRIFYING as I didn’t know how to come out of the trap! Lifetimes of feeling trapped. Several burnouts,
until I heard an inner voice say, “Please don’t make me go there”, where I’d PUSH to go to my job as a nurse,
life/death scenarios with newborns. Anyway, enough of my story, I’ve been trying to DO IT all myself while seeking God!! This SANCTUARY you have created, I instantly felt a deep letting go. I KNOW it’s about EMBODIMENT this life. I thank GOD and my friend for leading me here. I have MUCH to experience directly.
DEEP appreciation and JOY arising! Look forward to my journey with you and the Tribe!!
Aww my love welcome home!!!!!!!!! I am so excited that we found each other! xx
Great words, my job is overwhelming, push, push all the time, and the work continues to grow. I don’t meditate enough. The only reason I stay is because the money is good and has allowed me to save and breathe financially but the trade off is neglecting my health
Thank you for sharing so honestly. I hear the weight in your words, the constant push, the cost it’s taken. And I just want to say… you’re not alone in this. So many of us have been taught to equate safety with sacrifice. But there comes a point where the cost becomes too high, and your body begins whispering what your soul has known all along.
You don’t need to have all the answers right now. Even just acknowledging the imbalance is powerful – it opens a doorway. Maybe meditation doesn’t need to be a full practice right now, maybe it’s just one breath. One pause. One moment of reclaiming yourself in the middle of the noise.
You deserve to feel good, not just secure.
Sending you love as you find your way.
From my heart to yours
Kerry K
Overwhelm seems to be the only signal I have to tell me when it is time to be done. Integrating this message may take some time, I really hope this is a subject you can circle back to in a new unit of time. Thank you Kerry for reminding me of our promise to walk each other home ✨💛✨
I’m not sure if you’re in the Plasma Light Tribe, but this is where the support is and this is the golden sanctuary where I remind you, over and over again, of all that you are
Thank you, Kerry!
You are so very welcome xx
It is great reminder that I am doing what I need to do and it feels good to get validation that I am on the right path.
Thank you, Kerry! And as you always say… from my heart ❤️ to yours ❤️.
Thank you so much for sharing your love with me xx
You nailed it! I was getting out of control! These last 2 days especially..
you always bring me back from the edge. Thank you from my heart
You are so very welcome xx
I thought I was doing a good job of not allowing the chaos to affect me, but yesterday my body stepped in and turned it all off for me. I developed a migraine early in the day and had no choice but to focus on me, my body. Nothing else mattered. This morning one of the first things I see is Kerry’s message. I get it. My whole body feels light, like I am floating. And I have no interest in the chaos. Sending love to everyone, everywhere. As Kerry say’s, from my heart, to yours.
Aaah you are listening to your closest partner. Your body. This is huge. Well done xx
Thats exactly how i experienced my pannick attacks. It started with the overwhelm and overstimulation. Everything was just TOO MUCH. That was all i knew, togheter with the feeling of my throat being strangled. It was also my year of dark night of the soul. Now a couple of years later i can see my system was working in overdrive, for way too long. It was not just 1 or 2 gears back. I needed to stop!! And even though my body was screaming that for years. I wasnt able to listen and respond in the appropriate way. Often times i am doing better now. Using the overwhelm to reassess and make a new plan. Allowing myself to rest first.
Rest is the secret we so easily miss. So much love
Ooooooooh, Kerry, THANK YOU SOOOO 🔥❤️🔥🔥🌹🙏🏾🙏🏾🦋 this is SUCH A CATALYSING article🔥🌹🔥🌹🔥🌹🔥 ❤️🌹❤️🔥 no words🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Eva, ava 🦋
I absolutely love this.
Thank you Kerry.
You are so welcome my Eva/Ava B xxx
Beautiful and powerful at the same time. Just what i needed to read!
Thank you so much. It is so clear !
Namaste, Kerry. Maybe I should turn off my phone and TV for a while.
It is the most remarkably beautiful peace and I highly recommend it, you can come back when you are ready. But first give yourself an hour. Feel it. Then next time, 2 hours. Each time. Feel it. It’s so healing xxx
I have noticed a real shift in the last week or so. So many talk about when is disclosure coming and when is ET contact coming. I know i have wanted these answers. I got frustrated and wanted things to speed up. Then last 2 days i did something different. I walked on the drive and stood facing the sun. I felt father sun with his power and also comforting rays. The energy was so rich and beautiful i dropped my body. I felt the old body drop. Like the 3d matrix had just dropped of me. I felt with many minutes of the most indescribable peace and energy. So beautiful. Today i listened to no planet updates and put my binaural beats on. The sun greeted me and this time we danced. We danced in the knowing that it is all done and in the celebration of joining the galactic federation. I danced with the humanity of love and felt a global joy of oneness. It is all complete. All the work is done. All is perfect. I felt the joy of my soul family dancing with me. I just knew that in my world there is a peace and a place of no words. Words are so meaningless. Thinking is a distraction. Can it get any better than this? I know i’ve barely begun to explore the richness within and i’m not there all the time day to day fully engaged but i feel at a deeper soul level i’m reaching higher levels of light and when it wishes to dance and play words drop and the wonderful feeling comes and stays for what seems like an eternity. Much love to Kerry and the PLT. I hope you felt some love from me today as i danced on the drive and sent some love over lol:)
I must be listening to my heart because I actually feel ok living in a new home away from my 36 year marriage. Don’t know why I stayed so long but realize my super empathic personality couldn’t handle one more energy draining moment with my husband. Thank you Kerry for all of your deep, healing information I look forward to reading and listening to.❤️
Aw well done Sandy, sometimes when you say no to what’s draining you, you finally say yes to what is fulfilling you! Well done xxx
So well explained, Kerry!
I’ve been on this path for many years, and these processes are getting more and more visible in my own life. Feeling the overwhelm and mind now more than ever. And, at the same time, feeling so calm and knowing that all is well.
Much love to you!
Oh my, this is so right on time. I truly felt it land and a huge breath of relief. Thank you so much!
This is a beautiful reminder, Thank you, Kerry K! 💖 I also watched your Black sheep & Scapegoats YouTube video last night, and WOW! Thank you for bringing words to so much I have felt all my life! 💖 With Infinite Love & Gratitude ✨Namaste✨
Oh Kerri. What perfect timing for me to hear this!
You verbalize our struggles so perfectly Kerry. As a working mother of teens, what worked for me even a decade ago doesn’t work anymore. Survival mode is no longer a viable option and letting go of that mindset feels like free falling into the unknown. Your gentle reminders of presence and stillness are much appreciated 🙏
Wow, you are so right about this. But my fear keeps talking telling me there’s not time. What a vicious cycle! Thank you for the observation and reminder!
Just what I needed now🥰
So divine😍
Love you Kerry❤️
Where I am now is where I have so long to be. When the student is ready the teacher will come. Namaste
So beautifully perfectly expressed as always. I get amazed at hiw you express situations with utmost clarity. Just last night, i told my husband how overwhelmed i am feeling specially since the last few days. Waking up in absolute despair, feeling i cannot take a step further. Chatic mind, body unwell, surroundings in a disarray. I try to get some semblence of sanity by arranging my home, tidying it feeling me falsely reassured for a short time. And then the monsters are back. It is only when i meditate that i find true calmness.
Hi Varshitah
I hear you my love, and that’s why I wrote this because sometimes a transmission just comes through and I don’t know who it’s for, only that it’s being called. Never forget how powerful you are, that someone can answer a call you have inside you of you, without even knowing your name (until now).
From my heart, all the way to yours
Love
Kerry
PS join the Plasma Light Tribe if you feel called to
much love to you Karen xx