#584 Overwhelm – Przytłoczenie
Overwhelm – Przytłoczenie "Przytłoczenie" means "overwhelm," and in this mindful micro-lesson you'll say it like you're finally admitting you need to pause—and that's okay. First you hear the word at native speed, then slowed down so you can master the tricky "przy" cluster and the soft "tłoczenie." We drop it into three calming sentences: – "Czuję się przytłoczony." (I feel overwhelmed.) – "Potrzebuję przerwy." (I need a break.) – "To za dużo dla mnie." (It's too much for me.) Repeat-along track included—perfect while you step away, breathe, or reset your priorities. Challenge: Tell us in the comments what YOU do when overwhelmed—reply in Polish and let's support each other English Polish Pronunciation Guide overwhelm przytłoczenie pshi-twoh-cheh-nyeh I feel overwhelmed czuję się przytłoczony/a choo-yeh sheh pshi-twoh-choh-ni / pshi-twoh-choh-nah too much za dużo zah doo-zhoh I can't handle it nie daję rady nyeh dah-yeh rah-di I need a break potrzebuję przerwy pot-sheh-boo-yeh psheh-rvi stress stres stres anxiety niepokój / lęk nyeh-poh-koo-y / lengk pressure presja preh-syah tired zmęczony / zmęczona zmeng-choh-ni / zmeng-choh-nah exhausted wyczerpany / wyczerpana vi-cher-pah-ni / vi-cher-pah-nah rest odpoczynek ohd-poh-chi-nehk pause pauza / przerwa pow-zah / psheh-rvah stop stop / przestań stop / psheh-stahn breathe oddychaj oh-di-hahy calm down uspokój się oo-spoh-koo-y sheh relax relaksować się reh-lahk-soh-vahch sheh slow down zwolnić zvol-neech take it easy spokojnie spoh-koy-nyeh one step at a time krok po kroku krok poh kroh-koo it's okay w porządku v por-yon-dkoo don't worry nie martw się nyeh martf sheh I can do it dam radę dahm rah-deh strong silny / silna seel-ni / seel-nah weak słaby / słaba swah-bi / swah-bah help pomoc poh-mots support wsparcie vspar-cheh talk rozmowa rohz-moh-vah listen słuchać swoo-hahch understand rozumieć roh-zoo-myehch priority priorytet pryoh-ri-teht limit limit / granica lee-meet / grah-nee-tsah boundary granica grah-nee-tsah no nie nyeh yes tak tahk enough dość / wystarczająco dohshch / vi-star-tsah-yoh-koh more więcej vyen-chehy less mniej mnyeh balance równowaga roov-noh-vah-gah peace spokój spoh-koo-y quiet cisza chee-shah space przestrzeń psheh-stren time czas chahs now teraz teh-rahs later później poozh-nyehy tomorrow jutro yoo-troh today dziś dzeesh me ja / mnie yah / mnyeh you ty / ciebie ti / cheh-byeh us nas nahs together razem rah-zem alone sam / sama sahm / sah-mah
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Speaker 1
(0:02) Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast, you can find all our episodes on learnpolishpodcast.com, find everything about me, scan the QR code, go to roycon.com, get everything about Ania, get lessons in Polish or in Spanish, you'll find the links in the show notes. (0:15) Hello Ania.
Speaker 2
(0:17) Hello Rojo, how are you?
Speaker 1
(0:20) Listen, you're tired, aren't you? (0:25) Or do you have enough to talk about?
Speaker 2
(0:30) Yes, I have enough to talk about. (0:34) I wanted to ask you today, or rather give you a challenge, to say this word. (0:46) Przebudźcowany.
Speaker 1
(0:49) I have a graphic here. (0:54) Przebudźcowanie.
Speaker 2
(0:55) Almost, one more time.
Speaker 1
(1:00) Przebudźcowany.
Speaker 2
(1:00) Not przed, but prze. (1:05) Przebudźcowany.
Speaker 1
(1:08) Przebudźcowania.
Speaker 2
(1:09) Wow, like a Pole. (1:11) No, I'm kidding. (1:14) I'm not kidding, absolutely.
(1:16) Do you know what this word means? (1:19) Which one did you pronounce?
Speaker 1
(1:21) Now, yes, because I have a graphic in English. (1:24) Sensory overload. (1:34) My head is full, I have a lot to do, I have a lot to call, I have to do a lot of work, I have to edit a thousand podcasts.
(1:49) Yes, I think that's it.
Speaker 2
(1:52) So in one word you can say to have a lot on your mind, right? (1:58) When we have a lot of things to do, we can say that in Polish, that we have a lot on our minds. (2:03) Aroi, tell me, do you have a lot on your mind or not?
Speaker 1
(2:06) No, I do meditation, everything is fine, everything is good, I breathe.
Speaker 2
(2:12) I envy you, I envy you normally. (2:17) Yes, meditation is when we have a lot of information from different sides. (2:24) And yes, first of all, it's work, because we have a lot of things on our minds, then our head explodes.
(2:32) But meditation is also in the sense that we, as now, can't focus like we used to. (2:41) That is, to have such a focus, to focus. (2:44) That very often we do five things at once and none of these things has an end.
(2:51) Because we can't pay attention, devote this attention to one thing, right? (2:57) So it's about this overloading, that we just get bored very quickly. (3:02) All the time we want something new, a new stimulator.
(3:11) If we do something that takes a while longer, we get bored and we want something new. (3:17) And we start another thing and another. (3:19) And tell me if you agree that people today are overloaded.
Speaker 1
(3:26) Yes, for sure, because the phone is definitely a problem on this topic.
Speaker 2
(3:32) Okay, but why do you say that the phone is a problem?
Speaker 1
(3:35) Because it has a lot of notifications.
Speaker 2
(3:40) Notifications.
Speaker 1
(3:41) Yes, because sometimes people do something and I can't go back. (3:47) Because maybe, look, oh, I have an SMS from her, do you want to do a podcast today? (3:51) I don't have enough, for example.
(3:53) When I come back, I don't work fast. (4:00) You have to think, think for a few minutes. (4:03) And when you always do this, it doesn't help.
(4:10) A lot of people do this. (4:12) Because I never have a notification. (4:15) And always when I do something, I watch what you want, write what I would like to do, and I do it.
(4:27) But, for example, when I have a lot of letters, yes, it can be like that. (4:36) Prejudice, right? (4:38) And it's like, okay, I write only three things.
(4:43) I will do this, but everything is fine. (4:46) But when I look at a list of 20-30, then it's like, no. (4:51) So it's like, okay, now I will do this.
(4:54) I don't think about other things and it will be fine.
Speaker 2
(4:58) Yes, and also tell me how our focus, so how we can focus, is influenced by these popular short videos, so-called... (5:11) These are reels, but in Polish they are rollers. (5:15) These rollers.
(5:16) So these short videos that we watch. (5:19) Because we scroll all the time. (5:23) It's like scrolling in Polish.
(5:25) We scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll. (5:28) And we watch literally a second. (5:30) A second, a second.
(5:31) And something changes all the time. (5:34) And this... (5:35) How do you do it?
Speaker 1
(5:36) It's a few hours of tick-tock.
Speaker 2
(5:39) Exactly.
Speaker 1
(5:40) Because sometimes, okay, I want a five-minute break. (5:44) Yes, maybe I watch tick-tock. (5:46) And then I watch something good, and then I think about your work.
(5:50) So there must be a control. (5:52) I think, okay, I can, for example, work from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Then I have breakfast and I can watch tick-tock or something. (6:04) Then I come back.
(6:05) But people who work and watch on the phone and do tick-tock, I think they write emails well and everything. (6:14) Because the head can't do things twice, right? (6:18) It has to be focused.
(6:21) It has to be.
Speaker 2
(6:22) So focus. (6:23) Okay. (6:24) So tell me how to deal with this tick-tock.
(6:28) Or what to do not to tick-tock.
Speaker 1
(6:32) It's like, if I can... (6:36) Because the system is not good. (6:38) Because, for example, I want the phone not next to me.
(6:43) But when I have to do something, there has to be a code on the phone. (6:50) There has to be an authentication. (6:51) There has to be something.
(6:52) And that's a problem. (6:54) Because you always have to log in on the phone. (7:00) But the best is...
(7:02) For example, when I have WhatsApp here, when there is a message, no matter what I do, I will be curious. (7:11) What is it? (7:11) So when I do something very important, WhatsApp is closed.
(7:16) And I don't have any other... (7:18) Like LinkedIn. (7:19) Because sometimes it's like Bing on the computer too.
(7:23) And there has to be a focus on what you want to do.
Speaker 2
(7:28) Okay. (7:29) So I'm also asking the same question to the listeners. (7:34) How to protect yourself from tick-tocking?
(7:39) How not to be tick-tocked? (7:43) What to do and how to protect yourself from tick-tocking? (7:48) I'd love to see it in the comments, of course.
(7:51) And that's it, Roy. (7:52) Thank you.
Speaker 1
(7:53) But what about you, Ania?
Speaker 2
(7:55) What about me?
Speaker 1
(7:56) Yes. (7:57) What do you do about it?
Speaker 2
(8:00) Nothing. (8:03) I don't do anything. (8:03) I'm tick-tocked.
Speaker 1
(8:04) But I think you have control. (8:07) Because sometimes, for example, WhatsApp is not open. (8:11) Because when you know you have a client and you are...
Speaker 2
(8:16) I can't. (8:18) I can't read it anymore. (8:19) I don't feel like it.
(8:23) No, just... (8:26) And yes, I'm still on the phone. (8:28) I'm just trying not to go in there.
(8:31) Because when I go in, I automatically start thinking about work. (8:36) And if I'm supposed to detox from work, then I can't go in there and read anything. (8:41) And a fun fact is that I don't even have my private number.
(8:45) I only have a normal one. (8:47) So even to contact me, you have to call me on my work phone. (8:54) So then I have to pick up the phone from work, even if someone from my family calls me.
(8:59) So it doesn't make sense. (9:00) That's why I say that I can't fight sleepwalking. (9:03) But maybe someone here will be able to.
(9:06) So yes. (9:07) So, Ray, thank you. (9:08) I wish you a nice weekend.
(9:10) Have a nice weekend. (9:12) And that's it. (9:13) Until next time.
