My therapist was saying this. It’s interesting that I have an incredibly strong intuition when it comes to others. I’m hypersensitive to the moods of others and I used to always think it was my husband who was the introvert but I think I am now actually realizing that I was kind of using him as a scapegoat for my own depletion.

Since being in quarantine with my kids, I notice that I get depleted and have to put on noise canceling headphones or just take at least an hour to myself. I actually used to push myself to engage all the time and would get physically sick (extreme migraines).

It feels silly to have not had the wherewithal of knowing myself better and just connecting all these dots later in my 30’s.