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When new parent friends can only connect through shared exhaustion

My closest friend and I both became parents around the same time and we're so sleep-deprived and physically depleted that our friendship has become just texting about how tired we are — we love each other but we've lost the energy to actually connect meaningfully.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical depletion has reduced a deep friendship to surface-level commiseration, leaving both people feeling isolated despite regular contact.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Fatigue and burnout — physical dimension?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.