When you are overwhelmed, what do you do?

[ginap]

Avoid. Avoid. Then avoid some more. Helpful yes.
If you are updating your resume I would suggest visiting THIS website.  I have found a lot of her information to be really helpful.

[meggers5]

I was once so overwhelmed the thought of thinking of something to eat would send me to tears. My sister took me to a yoga class and man did that help. You still have to face the problem after, but it was a hell of a lot easier.

more helpfully though, break it down into stages and set aside short bits of time to work on it. Don't try to do it all at once.

[eddy]

Start off by listing what you do in your job. Simple list. Don't get fancy with words yet. Just bullet point all of your duties. Then scratch off what is not needed to list on a resume and start working on fancy language.

[sonrisa]

GBCN?

I do both: buckle down sometimes and avoid other times. These days I'm a little to fond of avoiding.

[iamali]

I usually drink and/or take Xanax.

I don't have the best coping skills right now.

[Deleted]

drink and ignore my problems in the hopes that they'll disappear. eventually i sober up and start making to do lists. THEN shit gets done.

[gozf]

I drink a lot of beers and pass out hugging a cat. Or I binge watch crap on Netflix and eat a ton of cheese. God knows nothing productive. I always marveled at those people who would procrastinate one terrible task in favor of another. Like, "Oh, I don't want to drain the cow's anal glands, so I'll just slop the pigs and clean the stables instead."

No. Never.

[tacocat]

Do anything possible to avoid and then get mad at H when he asks me how it's going. I'm sorry you're stuck and it's SO hard to start something like that even when you know you need to.

[kirra]

Cry.

Then make a step by step list and start working on it.

[lime]

If I am exhausted, I take a nap or at least sit quietly and focus on my breathing.

If I am just frustrated, but not tired, then I set a timer for 20 mins (or whatever) and try to plow through it.

[VeryViolet]

Nov 12, 2013 14:52:25 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Get drunk and masturbate.

Add in smoke a cigarette or seven after I finish then dick around for hours on the Internet and it is almost as if I am a less cool/pretty/funny version of KA.

[rex]

Cry and make a list.

[snickers]

Buckle down and figure it out
I have to face things head on ASAP, I hate having things over my head.

[pedanticwench]

I'm a procrastinator (is that even a word?) by nature. I pace myself, take a lot of breaks, then buckle down and do it.

[cuddlyevil]

Make a list, cry over said list, then figure out how the fuck I am going to get it all done.

[Stingyshark]

become a raging bitch to MH & cry.

[TC]

Nov 12, 2013 14:54:24 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Give yourself a small chunk of time to just get it started. Like, from 4:00 to 4:15, and that's it. Find your old resume, work on it for 15 minutes, and then stop.

It's usually that initial dread of just getting it underway that makes it feel overwhelming. Get that over with and you'll be all, yeah that wasn't so bad! Full speed ahead!

This exactly. If I get into a groove, I let myself keep going. If I'm still not feeling it, I take a break and play video games, clean something, eat a snack, toss a ball around for the dog, etc... just give myself permission to let it go for awhile and then I go back at it with the timer. Usually just the feeling of knowing I CAN stop is enough to get me into it on the first try, but sometimes it takes more like three tries.

[poppyseed]

Puddle, I work in HR and often help applicants and even internal employees with their resumes. I'll be glad to help you if you'd like.

[bittybomb]

I tackle anything overwhelming in baby steps.  So if I was updating or making a resume, I would look around and first find a format I like best.  Then I would work on it section by section, or even line by line until I was done.  Sometimes, if I finish a specific task, I reward myself.  Like get x done, visit gbcn for a few minutes, or go for a walk, or get a cup of coffee, or chit chat with one of my work peeps.  Something.