I don't think people understand what the social battery means here. Most often than not social battery doesn't mean "Oh I just don't really know how to interact/ little tired to hang out." When your social battery is empty that means you can not handle people to any functioning capacity.
When I tell my friends that I can't show up because of my "social battery" what I mean is the entire world is causing me distress and pain and I can't navigate interactions. I am forgetting words or I lost the ability to speak. Lights and sounds are distressing me or causing me pain. I can't put together coherent events or my body aches in such a way that I am just miserable and will bring them down.
This post really just sucks for those that use these terminologies in their disabled circle because that's where these terms originated from. I don't know if it's just being picked up in spaces but I personally haven't seen anyone use these words that were not chronically Ill or neurodivergent in some way. I am so so lonely and struggle maintaining friends because I am constantly exhausted and hurting and no amount of "Oh well if you were their real friend then you would show up." Will make me be able to see them properly.
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u/Dragonrider1955 9h ago
I don't think people understand what the social battery means here. Most often than not social battery doesn't mean "Oh I just don't really know how to interact/ little tired to hang out." When your social battery is empty that means you can not handle people to any functioning capacity.
When I tell my friends that I can't show up because of my "social battery" what I mean is the entire world is causing me distress and pain and I can't navigate interactions. I am forgetting words or I lost the ability to speak. Lights and sounds are distressing me or causing me pain. I can't put together coherent events or my body aches in such a way that I am just miserable and will bring them down.
This post really just sucks for those that use these terminologies in their disabled circle because that's where these terms originated from. I don't know if it's just being picked up in spaces but I personally haven't seen anyone use these words that were not chronically Ill or neurodivergent in some way. I am so so lonely and struggle maintaining friends because I am constantly exhausted and hurting and no amount of "Oh well if you were their real friend then you would show up." Will make me be able to see them properly.