Working customer service burned out my social battery. It no longer holds a charge like it used to.

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• MrMobius@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My technique at the pub: focus on the sudoku of the daily newspaper until I’m drunk enough to engage in conversation and be unaffected by the chaos around me. Pros: pretty good for my social life Cons: pretty bad for my liver

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• BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m curious if this has been studied at all. Like what is a social battery and how does your brain know when it’s low?

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  • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s more of an analogy to describe the exhaustion of your brain. Your brain doesn’t know, but it gets exhausted in a way. Kinda like when you work an office job and by the time you get home you’re “exhausted” in a mental but not physical way. Same thing

    Extroverts don’t get exhausted, they get refreshed or charged like a good night’s sleep would.

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    • brap@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lucky gits. It’s like a light switch for me after a while where my brain it just like “nope, let’s go home”.

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    • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I run into this phenomenon when playing board games with friends. One round of the game in question is like 2-3 hours. First round I’m doing great, second round I start to get tired, disinterested, and want to go home. I never make it to a third and often not even the second.

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