They are overwhelmed by thoughts of what is happening to their children".
But perhaps that was a necessary by-product of giving care; Helen knew that if she allowed herself to look at the larger picture of her mother's demise she would be overwhelmed by thoughts of needs, both met and not, and that she risked succumbing to a childlike terror of being left alone.
In the cut section, later published as "Three Shots", the night before being taken to the Indian camp Nick is left alone in the forest, where he is "overwhelmed by thoughts of death".
If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions, try freewriting as a way to get yourself back on track.
He tends to retell us things that are abundantly clear, like "Memories crowd in on me, irresistibly, threatening to overwhelm my thoughts entirely," or "I may be embellishing, inventing, I may be mixing everything up".
At times, however, my situation overwhelmed my body, thoughts, and sentiment, like a powerful surge of despair.
As Jones dressed Thursday, he said, he was overwhelmed with reflective thoughts.
"I would judge everything by its state of decay, just be overwhelmed by those thoughts.
Last summer, Amber Bufong, then 12, was at camp, taking part in an activity amid the treetops: it was her turn to leap from a 25-foot-high platform and grab a trapeze above a net, when her thoughts overwhelmed her.
As soon as we arrived at the ground floor, the girl turned to me and said, "Mr. Bi, I can do better than you, right?" My mind was suddenly overwhelmed by inexplicable thoughts.
