Signs of emotional exhaustion

Yes, to this:

“80% of women don’t cry, scream, or argue when they’re hurting, they go silent. Not because they don’t care, but because they’ve already said everything they needed to say and it changed nothing.

Silence is her last language. It’s what she says when she realizes her words have fallen on deaf ears too many times. When she tried to explain how she felt, tried to ask for better, tried to fight for the relationship, and all she got back was defensiveness, gaslighting, or empty promises.

At some point, a woman stops talking not because she’s fine but because she’s finished.

You know she’s truly hurting when she starts pulling back without saying a word. No more checking in, no more long texts, no more trying to make you understand. She’ll be in the same room, but a thousand miles away. She’ll answer you, but with one-word replies. She’ll still love you but now that love has a guard around it.

See, women express pain differently. Most don’t want to argue, they want peace. But when they realize that loving you costs them their peace, the silence comes. And it’s not the cold kind. It’s the kind that comes with heartbreak, with exhaustion, with disappointment. It’s the kind of silence that says: I cared so deeply, and now I’m tired.

And here’s the part many men don’t realize until it’s too late: silence is a woman’s goodbye spoken in slow motion. She might still be there physically, but emotionally? She’s already packing up pieces of herself. And by the time you notice her absence, she’s already gotten used to the quiet.

So if a woman you care about goes silent, don’t ignore it. Don’t assume she’s just being dramatic. Pay attention. Silence is rarely empty, it’s filled with everything she wanted to say but gave up on saying. And once a woman gives up on trying to be understood. She starts learning how to live without needing you at all.”

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