When Emotions Feel Like Too Much I can recall several times in my life when I felt hijacked by my emotions. It could be anything—the pressure to succeed academically, to make the right career choices, or to know what I wanted to do with my life. In any case, I would sometimes become overwhelmed by what I was feeling. I remember when my therapist first told me to “sit with my emotions.” – it was a brand-new concept. At the time, I didn’t even know how to identify my emotions, let alone allow myself to feel them, sit with them, or understand what they were trying to tell me.I had…