Is it just me or do you have people that leave you feeling positive and energised after spending time with or talking to them, and there are others that seem to wipe you out emotionally and make you feel tired after contact?
I have a couple of both kinds in my life and only just realised this pattern. Yesterday I felt down and drained after one of the joy suckers popped in for 30 minutes unexpectedly while earlier in the week I have chatted to the sunshine one (about work situation) and while we dealt with challenges, I was just happy after we spoke.
And I wonder if the same person can feel different to others, though I can’t imagine anyone choosing to spend their time with my “downer”, only through sense of obligation. Do have people like this and do you consciously aim to avoid the draining ones? How do you recover when contact is unavoidable?