Discover Your Overwhelm Archetype

Answer 7 questions to understand how you react to overwhelm and find a path to balance.

When life feels overwhelming, what do you tend to do?

Keep working through it

Overanalyze everything

Distract myself or avoid the situation

Help those around me

Start planning solutions immediately

Disconnect and wonder what to do next

What do you most long for when you're overwhelmed?

Clarity and focus

A break from doing so much

To feel like it’s okay to not be perfect

A sense of direction and purpose

Emotional safety and space to feel

Trust in the unknown or that it’s okay to pause

How do you relate to rest and stillness?

I want to rest, but I don’t know how to slow down

I rest only after everything is done — which is rare

I rest by checking out or numbing

I rest through movement or being with others

I crave stillness but it makes me uncomfortable

I struggle to stop overthinking enough to fully rest

What’s your inner dialogue like when things feel chaotic?

“I can’t get it all done.”

“What if I make the wrong choice?”

“It’s fine. I just need to zone out for a bit.”

“I should be doing more for others.”

“Why can’t I figure out what I want?”

"If I don’t control this, everything will fall apart.”

When you're trying to center yourself, what gets in the way?

Guilt for taking time for myself

I can’t get out of my head

I feel restless or want to run from stillness

I feel like I should be productive

I lose momentum or direction

I need to know what’s going to happen next

What best describes your relationship with emotions?

I avoid them — they feel too much

I intellectualize or overanalyze them

I overextend for others' emotions but ignore my own

I push past them to get stuff done

I feel ungrounded or floaty in them

I want to control or fix them immediately

What would you love more of in your daily life?

Spaciousness and ease

Inner trust and quiet clarity

Emotional grounding and gentle joy

Time to care for myself without guilt

A sense of purpose and direction

Freedom from needing to control it all

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The Overgiver

You’re always available for others but rarely for yourself. You crave rest but struggle to take it — even when your batteries are drained. Your overwhelm is fueled by the pressure to be “the strong one” or to earn love through doing.
Underneath this is a deep need to feel worthy without overextending, and to receive care, not just give it.

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The Spinner

Your mind moves fast, replaying scenarios and what-ifs. You care deeply about making the “right” decision, so you try to think your way through. But decision fatigue and mental loops keep you stuck.
Beneath the spinning is a need to feel confident and clear, to trust your inner knowing instead of outsourcing it to your thoughts.

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The Drifter

You’re going through the motions, but something feels off. Life feels hazy, disconnected. You crave direction and meaning, yet the stillness required to listen inward feels unfamiliar or even scary.
At the root of your drifting is a need for clarity, purpose, and trust that you’re allowed to take up space and be guided by your own values.

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The Pusher

You power through stress by checking off the next item on your to-do list, thinking that one day you’ll finally rest. But your body is already signaling that it needs a break.
Beneath the pushing is a need to feel enough — even in stillness — and to remember that your value doesn’t depend on productivity.

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The Controller

You crave certainty, structure, and order — and when life feels unpredictable, you grip tighter. Overwhelm shows up when things don’t go according to plan or feel out of your hands.
Underneath the control is a deep need to feel safe and steady — to know that you can navigate the unknown without bracing against it.

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The Avoider

When stress builds, you check out — scrolling, distracting, or staying just busy enough to avoid what’s beneath the surface. You know presence would help, but the silence feels loud.
Beneath the avoidance is a need to feel emotionally safe and to trust your capacity to feel discomfort without being consumed by it.

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