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emotionally drained

0I came across this term emotionally drained but can't think of a good scenario to use it.02br
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0 I recently saw a production of "Equus", a play about a troubled young man who is seeing a psychiatrist after having stabbed out the eyes out of a number of horses in a stables. By the time the very disturbing play was over, I was emotionally drained. 0-

— Philip

  • 0 I recently saw a production of "Equus", a play about a troubled young man who is seeing a psychiatrist after having stabbed out the eyes out of a number of horses in a stables.
  • By the time the very disturbing play was over, I was emotionally drained.
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0 I recently saw a production of "Equus", a play about a troubled young man who is seeing a psychiatrist after having stabbed out the eyes out of a number of horses in a stables. By the time the very disturbing play was over, I was emotionally drained. 0-
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0 That expression would not be out of place in a story about the experiences of someone whose house burnt down, or of someone who took care of a loved one with cancer until his or her death, or of someone who lived through any kind of a disaster like a flood or tornado, or of someone who went through a court trial unjustly accused of a horrible crime. Any of these would leave a person emot
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