REAL INTERNET CHINESE
internal friction
overthinking yourself into exhaustion without doing anything
- Who can you say it to?
- Safe with anyone Fine at work, fine with your partner's parents.
- Out loud, or only typed?
- Say it or type it Works out loud and in chat.
- Is it still used?
- Settled in Past the fad stage, part of everyday speech.
When to say it
The fight happens inside your own head. Replaying a conversation forty times, writing a message and deleting it, worrying tonight about tomorrow. That is nèihào, often jīngshén nèihào. A huge topic among young Chinese, and naming it is the first step to stopping it.
Hear it in the wild
Bié nèihào le, xiǎng jiù qù zuò.
Stop overthinking, if you want it, go do it.
Yì tiáo xiāoxi gǎi le shí biàn, tài nèihào.
Rewriting one text ten times, pure self-torture.
Quick answers
What does 内耗 mean?
overthinking yourself into exhaustion without doing anything
When do people say 内耗?
The fight happens inside your own head. Replaying a conversation forty times, writing a message and deleting it, worrying tonight about tomorrow. That is nèihào, often jīngshén nèihào. A huge topic among young Chinese, and naming it is the first step to stopping it.
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