I am personally exhausted by the never-ending conversations that revolve around Covid. When I am finally able to see my friends and family or see a long-overdue client, the last thing I want to talk about is freaking Covid. No seriously, I will change the subject!
It is a hot topic with emotionally and politically charged points of view ~ would you like to take the lid off that box of hot mess and roll around in it for a while? Ummm, NO.
I am fully aware that it sucks the energy out of me, and the room. It depletes my energy to watch people tear each other down, even if those comments are cleverly disguised as "simply sharing knowledge" while smothering me in a slurry of citing facts.
Recognizing how certain situations, conversations, or people affect you is your first step to setting clear energetic boundaries.
Do you ever walk through a store and say to your self "OMG! that shirt is so horribly judgemental and offputting, I just have to have it" or go to the Mandarin and load your plate with stuff that looks disgusting to you?