Snipped/paraphrased for brevity and memory...

T: So what can you do about feeling overwhelmed?
Me: Slap on a smile and keep doing All the Things until I disintegrate spectacularly.
T: (laughs)
Me: ...
T: ...
T: So what else?
Me: Put on my competent person suit and keep on doing All the Things while I slowly melt to goo on the inside where no one can see.
Me, again: Ooo! I know! Complain to my therapist about being overwhelmed then “yabbut” everything she says?

Then the conversation really went south because we talked about dumb stuff like being human and priorities and decisions and no wonder I’m overwhelmed, and I think I might’ve leaked stupid eye water out of my face for just a second. (But it was really competent teariness, and now I can check “Process emotions” off my to-do list.)