overwhelmedevoking
Overwhelmedevoking is a neologism used to describe the experience in which exposure to a stimulus, situation, or content elicits a pronounced sense of overwhelm in an observer. The term can refer to either the triggering stimulus itself or the resulting emotional and cognitive state, and it is often employed in discussions of media studies, psychology, and cultural criticism.
The word blends overwhelmed and evoking, and it appears in online discourse in the mid-2020s. It functions
Contexts for overwhelmedevoking include immersive media such as virtual reality, intense news coverage, fast-moving social media
Effects of overwhelmedevoking vary. Some individuals report heightened empathy or catharsis, while others experience cognitive fatigue,
Scholarly recognition remains limited; overwhelmedevoking is primarily used in informal discourse and critical writing to describe