MEME REFERENCE

Thousand Yard Stare

Use Thousand Yard Stare when someone looks emotionally exhausted after enduring too much.

What it expresses

Exhaustion after repeated strain: the blank distant gaze of someone emotionally spent represents a moment where someone looks emotionally exhausted after enduring too much.

Example

For example, another urgent request arrives after an all-night incident; the visual analogy is the blank distant gaze of someone emotionally spent, signaling that someone looks emotionally exhausted after enduring too much.

When not to use it

Avoid when the person is only mildly inconvenienced; the blank distant gaze of someone emotionally spent would incorrectly signal that someone looks emotionally exhausted after enduring too much.

• exhaustion
• trauma