Overstimulated

Lights too bright and they won’t dim down,

Voices stack till they start to drown,

Every thought’s got a louder twin,

Talking over me from within.

Phone keeps buzzing, I don’t check,

Heartbeat climbing up my neck,

Every second’s a little too fast,

Like I’m running but standing still at last.

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It’s all too much, it’s all too loud,

Too many faces in a single crowd,

I try to focus, try to breathe—

But everything is swallowing me.

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I’m overstimulated, can’t shut it down,

Every little sound just spins me around,

Too many signals, crossing the line,

Static in my head all the time.

I’m suffocating in neon noise,

Drowning in a thousand choices,

If I disappear, would it feel like peace—

Or just another frequency?

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Conversations I can’t escape,

Every word just ricochets,

Reading faces, reading tone,

Trying to decode what’s unknown.

Pressure building in my chest,

Like I’m failing some silent test,

Smile on cue, don’t break the scene,

Even if I’m unraveling.

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Too many tabs I can’t close out,

Too many thoughts I can’t reroute,

I try to quiet, try to hide—

But it’s all screaming amplified.

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I’m overstimulated, can’t shut it down,

Every little sound just spins me around,

Too many signals, crossing the line,

Static in my head all the time.

I’m suffocating in neon noise,

Drowning in a thousand choices,

If I disappear, would it feel like peace—

Or just another frequency?

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Don’t touch, don’t speak, don’t look too long,

Every input feels too strong,

Turn it off, but where’s the switch?

Everything just starts to glitch.

Breathing shallow, vision tight,

Daytime feels like flashing lights,

I’m still here but barely there—

Too much life inside the air.

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If I go quiet, will it stop?

If I freeze, will it all just drop?

Or will the silence scream the same—

Just louder in a different way?

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I’m overstimulated, can’t shut it down,

Spinning in circles, stuck in the sound,

Every signal pulling me thin,

No way out, no way within.

I’m suffocating in neon noise,

Lost between a thousand voices,

If I break, will it bring me peace—

Or just set the pressure free?

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Lights go dim… or maybe I do,

Everything blurs into something untrue,

One deep breath… then another delay—

…just trying to make it through the day