Tag introvert exhaustion

The Coward’s Cloister

Elderly man sitting in meditation by a riverside shrine, draped in a vivid orange cloth amid a monochrome landscape — symbol of solitude and contemplation.

We tell ourselves we need peace and quiet — but the real noise is internal. You can retreat to a mountaintop or delete every app, and still hear the echo of your own unresolved idiocy. Solitude doesn’t save you from fools; it merely introduces you to the loudest one — yourself.