Home/Social & Belonging/Social exhaustion/ThoughtYou know that feeling when you're sitting in the cab at 2am and the engine is finally off but your head is still shaking?social exhaustionburnout denialShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooYou know that sound when the metal tongue of the seatbelt finally bites into the buckle and it’s such a definitive click—so final and clinical—and suddenly you’re just sitting there in the dark of… …loneliness in crowdsDoes anyone else ever get that feeling—I think it has a name, maybe—where you’re just sitting at a light and the world feels way too loud?social exhaustionthis is so stupid but i’m sitting here at 2am and i am actually shaking with rage because you know that feeling when someone else’s irrational fear starts to feel like a literal cage you’re trapped… …anger suppressionI’m sitting here in my car, the engine still ticking as it cools, and I can't get the image out of my head. …burnout denialRelated ThemesComparison spiralsFeeling Invisible With AgeFriendship fakenessLoneliness in crowdsLosing Friends to Time