Home/Social & Belonging/Social exhaustion/ThoughtI am currently sitting in my driveway in the idling SUV because the silence inside the house feels like a physical weight, a pressurized chamber. The St.social exhaustionloneliness in crowdsShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI’m sitting here in my car outside a 7-Eleven at 2am because I can’t go inside my own apartment yet—the silence is actually louder than the ringing in my ears from the site today and it’s making me… …relief at lossI’m sitting on the floor behind the couch right now because the silence in this house is making my ears ring.social exhaustionThe neighbors have those blue LED Christmas lights that make the snow look like a surgical ward. …parenting insecuritiesi’ve been sitting here in the dark for like two hours just listening to the silence which is honestly the only thing keeping me sane right now because my neighbor’s kids finally went home and my… …social exhaustionRelated ThemesComparison spiralsFeeling Invisible With AgeFriendship fakenessLoneliness in crowdsLosing Friends to Time