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In relationship psychology and digital sociology, this state has a grimly evocative name:

In the age of hyper-connectivity, there is a specific kind of hell that doesn’t exist in solitude, and it doesn’t exist in a crowd. It exists in the liminal space between the two. It is the anxiety of waiting for a text message that does not arrive. It is the exhaustion of holding a dying conversation to avoid the sting of silence. One Bar Prison

You have connectivity, but you do not have utility. In relationship psychology and digital sociology, this state

If after 48 hours the average score is below 6, you have empirical data that you are in a prison, not a relationship. The prison relies on your willingness to wait. To break it, you must change your relationship with time. Implement the "No Reply" rule: If a text or call does not come within a reasonable window (2 hours for emergencies, 24 hours for general communication), you do not follow up. You do not double-text. You do not ask, "Did you get my message?" It is the exhaustion of holding a dying