I'm always socially exhausted and don't understand my own limits. Here's my pattern: [describe social commitments, energy levels, when you hit empty, recovery time needed, and resentments built]. Map my social battery: when does it start full? When does it hit half? When does it hit empty? How long to recharge? What drains it fastest? What recharges it (solitude, certain people, certain activities)? Identify my social energy type: introvert (people drain me, alone recharges), extrovert (people recharge me, alone drains me), ambivert (context-dependent), or highly sensitive (overstimulated easily regardless of intro/extroversion). Then analyze my specific drains: big groups vs. one-on-one, surface socializing vs. deep conversation, obligation social vs. chosen social, performing vs. being, small talk vs. silence, loud environments vs. calm, and strangers vs. known people. Map what happens when I ignore my battery: irritability, numbness, people-pleasing (no energy to be authentic), resentment, physical symptoms (headaches, exhaustion), emotional shutdown, or breakdown. Recognize the pattern: I overcommit, ignore signs I'm depleted, push through anyway, collapse, isolate, feel guilty, overcommit again. Create the social battery management system: the energy auditing (track what drains and recharges), the boundaries installation (saying no based on battery level), the recharge rituals (specific activities that restore me), the social calendar design (spacing commitments with recovery time), the energy-based decisions (checking my battery before saying yes), and the guilt elimination (my energy limits are real, not failures). Include: how much socializing I actually want vs. how much I think I should want, what I'm forcing that's killing me, and whether I'm living for my actual energy or someone else's expectations.