When one leaves a party early, steps back from an extended conversation, or seeks some peace after what was otherwise a pleasurable social encounter, one is considered someone who hates being around other people. Psychology provides a different story in this case, since scientists have begun to view social exhaustion as an experience shaped by factors beyond personality, such as attention, sensory processing, emotion regulation, and levels of daily stimulation. In most situations, the individual is not retreating out of hatred for socialization, but rather out of necessity because socialization is exhausting.
