Andrea McLean Instagram – What’s your “Too Much”?
I guess like most of us I have a few, but my biggest, and the one I have been told many times (not as a compliment) is that I am Too Sensitive.
I am.
And I’m ok with it, apart from when it is “too much” for ME. The plus sides of being too sensitive are many; I am very polite for one, which I guess is good for people around me. I feel other people’s pain, discomfort and embarrassment and lean into it to see how I can help ease it in some way. I’m pretty good at reading a room which has always been helpful.
The down side of ‘feeling all the feels’ is certain places are a bit of a struggle for me. Airports are number one on this list. For someone who loves being in a room bouncing with energy, much like the room I was in yesterday, and has lived as a London commuter for decades, there is something particularly challenging about the noise and chaos of air travel that makes me extremely uncomfortable.
There is an undercurrent of stress around. We are all trapped here and can’t leave. Those of us worried about missing our flight walk alongside those don’t care. About anything. Or anyone else.
It’s a lot.
I get through it by eating biscuits and wearing headphones and listening to music that makes me happy. There is a lot of Fleetwood Mac involved. Not sure why that works but it does.
Block it out the noise. Focus on what I can control. And always take a window seat so I can cocoon into a corner and wait for it to be over.
And hope that the man behind stops kicking my seat. And that.
#toomuch | Posted on 02/Oct/2025 20:45:48
