Not sure what is happening?
The feeling does not need a perfect name.
Pick the thing that is easiest to notice right now.
Tense, shaky, restless, tight or physically wound up.My mind won’t stop
Replaying, predicting, worrying or trying to solve something over and over.There’s too much at once
Too many things need attention and you cannot work out where to start.I feel low or shut down
Low energy, numb, heavy or finding it hard to begin anything.Something has happened
Bad news, a loss or a sudden change has knocked things off course.
More than one fits
That is fine.
Choose what is easiest to notice right now.
You can come back and try another tool afterwards.
None of these quite fit?
Sometimes it is difficult to put what you are experiencing into words. You might recognise parts of several options, or none of them.
You do not need to find an exact match. The five guides are starting points, not fixed categories. You can explore whichever feels closest, even if only part of it fits.
If none feels right, there is no need to force a choice. You can pause and come back whenever you want.
Why we say this: Research on identifying emotions and overlapping emotional difficulties helps explain why a single description may not fit everyone’s experience. These studies did not test this page.