Hmm, it depends on the context really. I'm OK in general social situations, when I'm on my own again I don't think ''oh, thank god for that.'' But it depends on what we do. Like today I was with my friend and we were going around clothes shops, and I dislike looking around clothes shops but didn't want to sound boring to my friend, so I went round with her - anyway, clothes shopping is all right in small doses, which is what I thought we were just going to do, but we ended up going in and out of every clothes shop in sight, plus the shops grew busier at midday, and I started to feel exhausted. My friend kept on saying, ''ohh, look at those trousers, aren't they nice?'' or, ''look at this bra, I like that,'' and I had to really fake enthusiasm, but inside I was getting all stressed out and just wanted to leave, but I didn't want to say ''I can't stand this any more, I'm going now'' and just walk out because it might sound offensive to her, and she likes me a lot, so I don't want to show the whiny side of me. But in some of the shops, a lot of women kept coming into the shop and all seemed to be at one corner of the shop at once (where we were), and everywhere I stood, someone's arm kept on reaching from behind me to grab the exact item I was standing in front of, and I had to force myself to not physically push them down and yell at them to get the f**k out of my way. I felt so relieved when we were finally out of the shopping area and on our way home to eat lovely sandwiches.
But I don't know whether to class that as exhaustion with social interaction (giving my friend friendly enthusiasm in the clothes), or the actual shopping itself, or the crowds in general.
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