• BedSharkPal
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    17 hours 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?

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
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      17 hours 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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        16 hours 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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        14 hours 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.