This quote so resonates with me Melody Campbell! I need ‘me time’!! Reading that connecting with people drains you— sounds like you might be an empath. Are you familiar with this term? Just in case, here is an article not at all related to me, but one that I can relate to. Might you as well? https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/empath-signs/

And thank you for including me in your list of friends for others to read. I truly appreciate the support you have been for me! Love your picture as well — shows you are both beautiful outside as well as in :)