You’re Not Overreacting — You’re Under-Resourced

If you’ve ever been told you’re overreacting or too sensitive, the truth is, you’re not overreacting, you’re under-resourced.

It’s easy to believe the opposite when you’ve never been told that before, that you’re too emotional, too sensitive, or “too much.”

From the outside, it can look like an overreaction. A sharp tone. Tears that come out of nowhere. Anger that feels bigger than the moment. Even shutting down or pulling away.

But what most people don’t see… is what’s happening underneath the surface.

It’s Not About the Moment — It’s About the Wound

In my work, what’s often labelled as “overreacting” is actually a reaction to an old, unresolved wound being activated in real time.

A moment in the present touches something from the past, often something subconscious, and your nervous system responds as if it’s happening all over again.

A tone of voice can feel like rejection. A delayed message can feel like abandonment. A disagreement can feel like you’re not safe, not heard, or not enough.

The behaviour isn’t random, it’s protective. This is where emotional overwhelm, nervous system dysregulation, and emotional triggers all begin to make sense.

My Story: “Too Sensitive” Was Never the Truth

I’ve been told my whole life that I’m “too sensitive.”

I cried for the first three years of my life (sorry mum!). I’d watch a tv show or movie and cry. Mum would joke, “crying again!” I preferred nature over crowds of people. One-on-one catch ups over big groups.

But what I didn’t realise back then… was that I was picking up on energy.

I could feel my mum’s anxiety without having the language for it. I could sense judgement without a word being spoken. Some people felt safe to be around. Others made me feel like I had to walk on eggshells.

So I did what most of us do — I thought it was me. I was too emotional. Too much. Too different.

When Sensitivity Becomes Overwhelm

When my kundalini awakening began, that sensitivity became hyper-sensitivity.

Kundalini energy moves through the nervous system, and mine was activated in a way I had never experienced before. For years it felt like my nerves were on fire. Constantly.

At the same time, it brought everything to the surface — my fears, traumas, emotions, patterns. Everything is energy, and awakening asks you to meet it, head on.

But here’s the problem: when your nervous system is in a constant stress response (fight, flight, freeze), it’s almost impossible to properly process emotion.

Your body is trying to survive. It’s not in the right state to reflect or heal or fully understand.

So I would cry, shake, shut down. Sometimes lash out, other times retreat. Everything felt like way too much. And subconsciously the thoughts popped up again — what’s wrong with me?

You Can’t Heal What Your Body Doesn’t Feel Safe to Process

I tried everything.

Breathing. Journalling. EFT tapping. Nervous system tools. Cups of tea. Comfort tv shows to bring myself back to some sort of familiarity. Wrapping myself in blankets. Becoming a hermit in my own home just to feel safe.

While those tools helped… they weren’t enough. What I needed most wasn’t another technique. It was to be seen, heard, and understood.

And I needed a space safe enough that would allow my body to actually process what was coming up.

Reiki Healing Changed Everything

Reiki became my anchor. It was the one thing that helped me regulate my nervous system when nothing else could. It calmed my mind, cleared my energy, and gave my body a sense of safety again.

Through Reiki healing and energy healing, I began to:

• Release suppressed emotional energy
• Calm my nervous system
• Clear energetic residue from past experiences
• Reclaim my energy from moments where I felt frozen or overwhelmed
• Strengthen my energy field so I wasn’t as affected by everything around me

And slowly… things started to shift. Not overnight. But steadily.

I stopped lashing out as much. I could feel emotions without being consumed by them. And I started responding more calmly, instead of reacting.

Most importantly, I realised there was never anything wrong with me. This was simply a process of healing, connecting deeper within myself, and reclaiming my power back.

You’re Not “Too Much” — You’re Processing Something Deeper

When you’re triggered, it’s not because you’re broken. It’s because something deeper is asking to be seen.

The trigger is the doorway to the wound.

Triggers aren’t bad, they’re information. They show you where something unresolved might be sitting beneath the surface. This pain is often hidden in the subconscious because at one point, it was too painful to process. Perhaps you didn’t have capacity at the time, you didn’t feel safe enough, or you just didn’t know how. It’s simply the way your body protected you at the time.

But during spiritual awakenings, dark nights of the soul, or even big life changes like starting a new relationship or changing jobs, these old wounds tend to reveal themselves. Not to hurt you, but to be healed.

Why Reiki & Coaching Work So Powerfully Together

This is why I combine mindset coaching with Reiki healing in my Reiki & Energy Alchemy sessions. 

The coaching helps you:

• Understand your emotional triggers
• Identify the wound underneath
• Make sense of your patterns

And Reiki works on the level that thinking alone can’t reach:

• Supporting nervous system regulation
• Clearing stuck emotional and energetic patterns
• Creating internal safety
• Allowing your body to gently release what it’s been holding

Because real emotional healing isn’t just mental. It’s energetic, physical, and nervous system-based too.

Healing Happens When You Feel Safe Enough to Be Seen

One of the most powerful parts of this work isn’t just the Reiki energy itself.

It’s the space. 

A space where you don’t have to hold it all together. Where you’re not judged, and where you don’t have to be “fine.” You can cry, shake, talk. You can feel and finally process all those suppressed emotions. Or you can simply lie on the Reiki table and let someone else (me) clear the emotional energy from your system without having to relive the pain of the past. 

Whether in person or through distant Reiki healing, the combination of being deeply seen and heard, gentle, safe touch (or energetic connection), and powerful Reiki energy creates a space where your system can finally exhale. And that’s where healing truly begins.

You Don’t Have to Do This Alone

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, triggered, or like your emotions are “too much” — you’re not broken, you’re under-resourced. And you don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

This is exactly the work I support clients with through Reiki & Energy Alchemy sessions — combining coaching, Reiki healing, and energy healing to help you understand what’s underneath your reactions and gently heal it at the root.

If you feel ready to start that process, you can book a session here.

If this resonates, know that there are ways to go even deeper, to really understand your emotions, your needs, your patterns, and how to feel safe within yourself again.

For now, just know: you’re not overreacting. You’re learning how to heal.