Why do small incidents hurt so much after going through emotional pain?
Need help from you all. So, a lot has been happening in my life lately. First, I was physically assaulted by 5 students in my college. Then I went through a breakup. For the past 3 months, I’ve been trying to heal from it — crying, overthinking, feeling sad almost every day.
And yesterday, one of my friends betrayed me. We were supposed to get a room together, but he told another friend to book the room with him instead, and I was left isolated. This hurt even more because I had already told my parents that I finally got a room, and then this happened.
Because of all this, I couldn’t sleep the whole night. I kept overthinking things like, “Maybe if I had paid the money first, the room would’ve been mine.” I felt terrible. Then I started looking at my ex’s photos, which made everything worse. I ended up silently crying and sobbing for around 15 minutes, and only after that, I was finally able to sleep after 4 AM.
I genuinely want to understand why I’m overthinking so much and why small things are affecting me this deeply now. Maybe all these incidents together have mentally exhausted me, but I really want to improve myself and become emotionally stronger again.
If anyone has gone through something similar or has any advice on how to stop overthinking, heal properly, and work on myself, please let me know. I really need some guidance right now.