Sorry, Was That Too Much Feeling?: A Brutally Honest (and Slightly Overwhelmed) Guide for Highly Sensitive People

You're not too much. The world is just too loud.You walk into a supermarket for bread and milk. Four minutes later, you've registered the flickering fluorescent light, the crying baby two aisles over, a squeaky trolley wheel that personally offends you, and the exact moment the couple behind you started arguing. Everyone else is just... buying groceries.If this sounds familiar, welcome. You're a Highly Sensitive Person - and about one in five people process the world exactly the way you do: more deeply, more intensely, and with absolutely no "off" switch that came with instructions.Sorry, Was That Too Much Feeling? is a brutally honest (and slightly overwhelmed) guide through the everyday moments where sensitivity shows up - the party you need six minutes of fresh air to survive, the one piece of criticism that ruins your entire Tuesday, the friend's bad mood that somehow becomes your bad mood too. Fourteen short, relatable chapters walk through exactly what's happening in your nervous system, why none of it is your fault, and one genuinely practical thing you can do about it - no color-coded worksheets, no 4:45 a.m. meditation required.Inside, you'll discover: - Why ordinary moments (cafés, sandwiches, small talk) can feel like a full sensory event- The real reason "I'm fine" never quite convinces anyone when you say it- How to recover after socializing, criticism, or a day that asked too much of you- Practical, five-minute tools for protecting your energy without disappearing from your own life- Why "you're too sensitive" was never actually true - you were just measured against the wrong scaleFunny where it can be, gentle where it needs to be, and honest throughout, this book won't ask you to become less. It'll help you understand the nervous system you already have - and finally learn where the dial is.You were never too much. You were simply given a nervous system that notices more. It's time to learn how to make that work for you.