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How email overload creates existential overwhelm

My email inbox has 12,847 unread messages and I feel like I am drowning in other people's needs and expectations delivered directly to my pocket.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital communication volumes can exceed our emotional capacity to respond, creating chronic guilt and inadequacy.

Ideas that help explain it
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