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c2fcf8b He was swimming in a sea of other people's expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. lan new-spring wot robert overwhelmed jordan wheel-of-time expectations Robert Jordan
2d7698c "I had some terrific experiences in the wilderness since I wrote you last - overpowering, overwhelming," he gushed to his friend Cornel Tengel. "But since then I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life. Everett Ruess" vagabond vagabond-for-beauty wanderer nomad overwhelmed wilderness Jon Krakauer
f1afd0e [Patricia Highsmith] was overwhelmed by sensory stimulation - there were too many people and too much noise and she just could not handle the supermarket. She continually jumped, afraid that someone might recognise or touch her. She could not make the simplest of decisions - which type of bread did she want, or what kind of salami? I tried to do the shopping as quickly as possible, but at the check-out she started to panic. She took out her wallet, knocked off her glasses, dropped the money on the floor, stuff was going all over the place. money people fear asperger-s asperger-s-syndrome aspergers aspergers-syndrome check-out jump jumped recognise sensory-stimulation quickly wallet stuff supermarket overwhelmed autism glasses shopping decision panic decisions noise touch Andrew Wilson
99636dd "Rosy lifted her arm, tried to say something, then pointed at the cafe, held her head, covered her mouth and--humiliation of humiliations--she began to cry. Right there in the street. "I'm so confused," she said but it came out as a great honking wail. "Come here, you silly girl," Phyllis said. The woman put her arms around Rosy, patted her back, and for the first time in forever, Rosy allowed herself to just cry. A young mother with twins in a pram passed them. The children's eyes tracked Rosy for a second before their faces crumpled and they started to cry too. "I'm sorry," Rosy said, and flapped her arms. "I'm sorry." emotion overwhelmed humiliation R.G. Manse
1128c24 I'd spent the preceding twenty days swirling in a paralyzing vortex of loud sounds and bad smells, overwhelming stimuli, and confusing social norms, and I'd had just about all I could take. overwhelmed Tracey Garvis Graves