For his part, Mr. Williams said he was disturbed by the swelling cacophony of information that makes it easy to be overwhelmed and hard to know what to trust.
After three days of combat in which a handful of highly trained and motivated gunmen held off against massively superior Indian forces before being at last overwhelmed, what India wants to know is how its security forces could have been caught so flat-footed yet again, when they should have been at the highest state of vigilance after a series of murderous attacks around the country this year.
They tell me they feel the financing process is opaque, that they just don't know how to find money or how to woo investors,² that they feel overwhelmed, that they want to know exactly how I fundraised.
[3A29] On the other hand, too much information can lead to participants feeling overwhelmed: "Yes, I need to know about those, but I don't want it to be thrown in my face all at once, it's like getting hit by a car".
If you're hiding from an abusive relative or you just don't want your classmates to know how overwhelmed you feel about applying to college, a text message, even one sent in public, is safer than a phone call.
"I'm overwhelmed and I need some time to know this is reality," Brennauer told BBC Sport.
Remember, he hasn't seen the rest of the house yet, so he will be very overwhelmed if he has to get to know the new environment and meet a new cat or cats.
We are so overwhelmed with manufactured rubbish and it's good to know that true artistry can still win through.
These days, it's harder than ever to know when someone is sad, confused, overwhelmed, or unsure of the path to take.
They want to know they're normal when they feel overwhelmed, lonely, isolated or ecstatic".
