Home/Social & Belonging/Social exhaustion/ThoughtYou know that feeling when your phone is like a little piece of burning glass in your hand?social exhaustionShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooso mad you can’t even focus, like even the quiet here makes you want to scream, and you’re just so incredibly ANGRY that you just can't get anything done, and it’s like, your writing—it’s just…… …midlife body betrayalYou know that feeling when the world just starts to lose its resolution?emotional numbnessYou know that feeling when you're sitting in a glass-walled office at 11 PM and the only light is coming from a monitor that’s way too bright? …burnout denialYou know that feeling when the sheer physical demand of standing at a mahogany desk for nine hours starts to manifest as a kind of structural failure in your spine?burnout denialRelated ThemesComparison spiralsFeeling Invisible With AgeFriendship fakenessLoneliness in crowdsLosing Friends to Time