When I Feel Like I’m Too Much and Not Enough at the Same Time
The Internal Tug-of-War I Didn’t Know I Was Fighting
There are days where I walk into a room and I feel like I’m spilling out of myself. Too loud. Too intense. Too present. And in the same breath, I feel like I’m fading. Not smart enough. Not graceful enough. Not enough to be taken seriously.
Learning to Stop Picking Sides
I used to think I had to pick one. Be smaller. Be quieter. Be less “too much.” Or on other days, prove I was “enough.” Work harder. Be better. Fix myself. But neither way brought peace. Only exhaustion.
This Pressure Was Never Mine
Then I realized — this conflict wasn’t mine. It was something I learned. From magazines. From people who didn’t know me but thought they had the right to define me. From the endless messages telling me to tone it down and step it up — simultaneously.
Embracing All the Parts of Me
So I stopped choosing. I let myself be both.
Too emotional? Maybe. But that’s also why I feel things deeply. Why I love hard. Why I connect.
Not polished enough? Maybe. But that’s also why I’m real. Why I laugh with my whole body and forget to edit my thoughts.
I Am Not Here to Be Small
I don’t fit into tidy categories. And I’m done trying to shrink myself into someone else’s comfort zone.
Some days I am chaos. Some days I am quiet. But every day, I am whole.
You’re Not Too Much — You’re Enough
If you’ve ever felt like you’re too loud, too soft, too big, too small — let me say this:
You are exactly the right amount of you.
👉 Want more of these little inner rebellions? Follow me on Instagram @kalyaunpetittrucenplus — where I share the real moments I used to hide.
There are days where I walk into a room and I feel like I’m spilling out of myself. Too loud. Too intense. Too present. And in the same breath, I feel like I’m fading. Not smart enough. Not graceful enough. Not enough to be taken seriously.
It’s a strange kind of tension — to feel like too much and not enough all at once. Like I’m overflowing and disappearing at the same time.
I used to think I had to pick one. Be smaller. Be quieter. Be less “too much.” Or on other days, prove I was “enough.” Work harder. Be better. Fix myself. But neither way brought peace. Only exhaustion.
Then I realized — this conflict wasn’t mine. It was something I learned. From magazines. From people who didn’t know me but thought they had the right to define me. From the endless messages telling me to tone it down and step it up — simultaneously.
So I stopped choosing. I let myself be both.
Too emotional? Maybe. But that’s also why I feel things deeply. Why I love hard. Why I connect.
Not polished enough? Maybe. But that’s also why I’m real. Why I laugh with my whole body and forget to edit my thoughts.
I don’t fit into tidy categories. And I’m done trying to shrink myself into someone else’s comfort zone.
Some days I am chaos. Some days I am quiet. But every day, I am whole.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re too loud, too soft, too big, too small — let me say this:
You are exactly the right amount of you.
👉 Want more of these little inner rebellions? Follow me on Instagram @kalyaunpetittrucenplus — where I share the real moments I used to hide.
