You need to get everybody on board with you as you try to avoid the overload. the medical term is called 'over-attending.' You brain tried to attend to too much for too long.

You family has a serious vested interested in helping you avoid overload. They need to help you pace yourself through the day. You might do well to have a kitchen timer that you can set to 20 minutes. Then, you take a break and recharge before you start up again.

If you pay attention to yourself, you will likely notice some signs that you are about to overload. If you start to lose focus trying to listen or your eyes start to struggle to follow the text, or sounds start to get mixed up or you just get a brief moment of feeling spaced out, stop what you are doing and take a break.

You may even be able to get your family to help you recognize when you are at your limit. My wife can easily tell when I am hitting overload.

The more you can avoid the overloads, the better your chances that your brain will heal. The overloads are like taking steps backward in your healing.

Sit down with your kids and get real basic about your brain's needs. Even little ones can understand that your brain needs to heal. Don't underestimate their ability to become actively involved in helping you heal.

It will take some true exposure of humbleness on your part. Don't think you need to prevent them from worry. That is in the past. You can help them learn empathy, service, even sacrifice.

You may need to do some serious household modifications. You need to minimize the visual stimuli. Get some moving boxes and remove lots of visual stimuli from the walls, etc. Clear open visual areas may help you.

Bare walls may be boring but your brain needs boring right now. You will be surprised how a boring environment will help you.

btw, When you are having a conversation, try closing your eyes. It may help you not get overloaded during the conversation.

Hope this helps.

My best to you.