mentally exhausted interacting with other people

Hey, Auti-nauts. I've not posted for a while. I can't remember if I've ever started a thread on here. Please be gentle! I wanted to ask you all a serious question. Does anyone else gets mentally exhausted interacting with other people? 

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  • Caught up with two friends— married couple - over a meal tonight, in a little pizza restaurant. It was lovely to see them  but I went into my usual rambling, ultra masked survival mode. Now I’m home, exhausted, and feeling like I’ve got flu and glandular fever or something. A soothing tea and a lie down are starting to help mitigate that jittery comedown and flu like shakes. I’d complain except ot would be even weirder to me not to have this after socialising even briefly. I marvel at the majority’s immunity to these effects, which are inevitable in my case. 

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  • Caught up with two friends— married couple - over a meal tonight, in a little pizza restaurant. It was lovely to see them  but I went into my usual rambling, ultra masked survival mode. Now I’m home, exhausted, and feeling like I’ve got flu and glandular fever or something. A soothing tea and a lie down are starting to help mitigate that jittery comedown and flu like shakes. I’d complain except ot would be even weirder to me not to have this after socialising even briefly. I marvel at the majority’s immunity to these effects, which are inevitable in my case. 

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