Social Hangovers: What Cause Them & How Do They Impact Empath Life?

 

I’m sure many of you have experienced a social hangover. It is one of the banes of Empath life.

So, what exactly is a social hangover and how does it affect us?

Basically, it’s similar to a boozy hangover, except it’s caused from consuming too much people energy and it happens whether you drink alcohol or not.

The physical symptoms are varied from one Empath to the next, but here are just a few: fatigue, headaches and generally feeling blah. For more extreme cases, it may require a day in bed.

Years ago, after drinking alcohol, I assumed feeling rough or tired the day after was all down to guzzling too many Budweiser. But when I ventured out socially and did not drink alcohol, I could not understand why I still got a type of ‘hangover’.

I soon clicked on to the fact that it was the aftereffects of being peopled.

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