The Rooms That Make You Tired

The Invisible Cost of Absorbing What Isn’t Yours

You walk out of a conversation and feel… heavy. Not angry. Not sad. Just drained. Like someone pulled a plug in your chest and let all the air leak out. Your body is here, but your spirit is somewhere behind you, slouched in a chair you can’t see.

You didn’t fight. No one shouted. Nothing dramatic happened.

But something was off.

And deep down, a small voice asks: Why do I always feel worse after being around them?

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It’s a question most people never stop long enough to ask. Because energy — the emotional kind, the invisible kind — doesn’t leave bruises. It doesn’t scream. It doesn’t come with proof. But it moves through you all the same. Silently. Constantly.

And if you don’t pay attention, you’ll spend your entire life exhausted by people and places that quietly rob you, while you keep blaming your sleep schedule.

Here’s the truth that no one taught you in school: Not all tiredness is physical.

Sometimes what wears you down isn’t your calendar — it’s the company you keep.

You’re not weak for feeling off around certain people. You’re not overly sensitive. You’re not imagining it.
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