We explain what overwhelm is, what feelings it encompasses, how it is experienced and examples of the use of the term.
What is overwhelm?
The word burden refers to an intense feeling of anxiety, restlessness, or depression generally arising from problems or concerns that are difficult or impossible to solve.
Overwhelmed people, like this, experience great emotional suffering and a lot of stress who associate this with sensations of oppression, suffocation and dejection, that is, with the perception that there is no way out of the present sufferings and that these, at the same time, are very difficult to bear.
The word overwhelm comes from Vulgar Latin gubbuswhich means “hump”, and figuratively implies the action of placing weight on a person's back, as if causing another person to hump. Thus, those who are overwhelmed experience an emotional “weight” similar to that of a hump on their backs.
The causes of overwhelm can be very diverse, and can be objective or personal: situations of economic crisis, for example, or social catastrophes, but also family losses or very stressful work conditions. In particular, extreme situations of boredom or futility, which take away the meaning of existence or effort, can be very overwhelming.
They are synonymous with overwhelm: suffocation, anguish, oppression, suffocation, among others.
See also: Overwhelmed
Examples of the use of the word overwhelm
Some sentences with overwhelm or their derived words are, for example:
- He oppressive Increased unemployment is terrible for the popular classes.
- The pace of work has me overwhelmed.
- War is still a reality oppressive.
- Let's not allow this overwhelmed friends.
- The recent death of my father has me very overwhelmed.
Continue with: Phobia
References
- “Agobio” in the Language Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Etymology of Agobiar” in the Online Spanish Etymological Dictionary.
- “Overwhelm” in Wordreference.
