#nervous-system-recovery

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Psychology
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1 day ago

Psychology says people who need time alone after socializing aren't antisocial, they're returning to a baseline that most people never learned to protect - Silicon Canals

Social interaction depletes cognitive resources through effortful control, requiring solitude to restore nervous system baseline and executive function.
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2 days ago

What neuroscience reveals about people who need to be alone after socializing: it's not introversion, it's a nervous system recovering from performance - Silicon Canals

When you enter a social situation - especially one with more than two or three people - your brain doesn't just "engage." It activates a staggeringly complex monitoring system. You're tracking facial microexpressions, calibrating your tone, predicting how your words will land, adjusting posture, managing silence, interpreting ambiguity. All of it simultaneously. All of it unconsciously.
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