I’m not ignoring your message – I’m overwhelmed by the tyranny of being reachable | Miski Omar

According to a Pew Research survey, 70% of people aged between 18 and 29 feel pressure to reply to texts or DMs quickly.

Because we appear online, we’re assumed to be free.

This shift creates a culture of self-surveillance and exhaustion masked as freedom.

The burnout of our age doesn’t come from external repression but from internal overproduction.

Most of us aren’t avoiding people, we’re overwhelmed.

Use discernment to decide which ones need your attention now.

Don't ghost. Ghosting is avoidance dressed up as boundary-setting. It doesn't spare someone’s feelings, it just leaves them with unanswered questions.