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I know that I have a social battery. Basically, I get warn down on conversations and social interactions. Typically, this manifests in two ways: * I'm more prone to day dream/wander away from the conversation. * I'm going to struggle to actively keep a conversation going. I don't think I could ever wear a pin like this, but for me low social battery would indicate "I'm less likely to be highly engaged in a conversati…
A battery accumulates something desirable, right? I think I got it finally. What you describe is aloneness battery. First you have a lot of it, then it drains and you need to recharge. It is the opposite of “social battery”, but does not roll off the tongue. “Social battery” means you have a lot of social interaction as optimal state, then it drains and you need to replenish.
That an interesting way of looking at a battery. I've never thought of it that way.
In my opinion, batteries provide power/energy to something else. In that sense, "social batteries" provide the energy to have social interactions. When those deplete, social interactions run out.