Capacity, Overload & Recovery
Understand load, reduce overload, make room for recovery and work with fluctuating capacity.
Start with the part that feels most relevant today.
Physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional and social demands can all add to load. Recovery may involve reducing demand, regulating the nervous system, sleeping, resting, adapting activities or simply creating more space between demands.
What would help most right now?
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Choose the kind of support you need
These areas overlap, but they do different jobs. Go straight to the one that best matches what is happening now.
Energy & Capacity
Understand what uses capacity, notice patterns, pace activity, and plan in a way that works with fluctuating energy and function.
Regulation & Recovery
Support the body and brain when overload, stress, sensory demand or symptoms have built up.
Sleep
Look at bedtime, night waking, sleep environment, difficult mornings and reasons sleep may not feel restorative.
Recharge
Find lower-demand ways to rest, restore and make room for recovery when capacity has already been used up.
Reset
Use simple supports for hard moments when things feel too much and you need a steadier next step.
Small Changes, Big Relief
Look for practical, lower-effort changes that may reduce load without needing a large plan or major life overhaul.
Recovery is part of capacity management.
You do not have to wait until you are completely depleted. Reducing demand earlier, leaving margin and making recovery easier to access can all help make daily life more sustainable.
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