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The Real Reason Some People Drain Your ‘Social Battery’ Faster Than Others

Feeling socially wiped out may have less to do with time spent together and more to do with how comfortable and understood you feel.

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Some nights out leave you buzzing when you get home, still replaying conversations and sending people dumb sh*t you forgot to show them earlier. Other nights, you get through your front door and immediately lose the ability to communicate with another human being.

We usually call the second one a dead social battery. Psychotherapist Madison Jacoby thinks that explanation leaves out quite a bit. “How drained you feel has a lot to do with how comfortable and understood you feel with someone, and much less to do with the hours you’ve put in,” she told Metro. Another therapist interviewed by........

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