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Catch overload before it catches you.
Your nervous system doesn't go from fine to crisis in one step — it gives you signals. Small ones. Easy to miss, easy to dismiss. And by the time things feel overwhelming, the window for easy intervention has usually closed.
The Signals of Overload Monitoring Card is a quick-reference early warning system that helps you — or your clients — spot those signals before they escalate.
This 4-page printable card covers four overload domains:
Sensory Overload — when input exceeds what your nervous system can comfortably process
Cognitive Overload — when your brain's processing and decision-making systems are maxed out
Emotional Overload — when your regulation capacity is stretched beyond its limit
Social Overload — when the demands of interaction exceed your available resources
For each domain, the card includes common early warning signals, what helps quickly, and stop signals — plus write-in spaces to personalize it, and a one-page summary profile to capture your own patterns in one place.
Designed for:
Neurodivergent adults managing daily capacity
Therapists and clinicians to use with clients
Parents and caregivers supporting a neurodivergent family member
What's included: 1 printable PDF (4 pages), formatted for standard letter-size paper.
This tool is not a diagnostic instrument. For clinical and educational use only.
Catch overload before it catches you.
Your nervous system doesn't go from fine to crisis in one step — it gives you signals. Small ones. Easy to miss, easy to dismiss. And by the time things feel overwhelming, the window for easy intervention has usually closed.
The Signals of Overload Monitoring Card is a quick-reference early warning system that helps you — or your clients — spot those signals before they escalate.
This 4-page printable card covers four overload domains:
Sensory Overload — when input exceeds what your nervous system can comfortably process
Cognitive Overload — when your brain's processing and decision-making systems are maxed out
Emotional Overload — when your regulation capacity is stretched beyond its limit
Social Overload — when the demands of interaction exceed your available resources
For each domain, the card includes common early warning signals, what helps quickly, and stop signals — plus write-in spaces to personalize it, and a one-page summary profile to capture your own patterns in one place.
Designed for:
Neurodivergent adults managing daily capacity
Therapists and clinicians to use with clients
Parents and caregivers supporting a neurodivergent family member
What's included: 1 printable PDF (4 pages), formatted for standard letter-size paper.
This tool is not a diagnostic instrument. For clinical and educational use only.
