Can people feel tired from making other people comfortable?
Not all work is visible, and not all exhaustion is physical.
You smile.\n\nYou reassure.\n\nYou stay calm for everyone else.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is social debt.\n\nEmotional labor consumes energy.\n\nCare has costs.\n\nPatience has limits.\n\nPeople think exhaustion comes from work.\n\nVery often, it comes from carrying moods that are not their own.
