Friendship-drained, or plato-drained, is a friendship stance that describes an individual who is repulsed by the act or concept of platonic interaction due to trauma or exhaustion. The term is commonly used by aplatonic spectrum individuals, but is not exclusive to this community or platonicity.
Friendship-drained individuals may find platonic activity undesirable, uninteresting, uncomfortable, or generally unwanted. This is not the same thing as being aplatonic.
Individuals who feel repulsed towards platonic interaction due to reasons other than trauma or exhaustion may use the term friendship-repulsed.
History
This term was coined by AnonymousHermitCrab on the subreddit r/asexuality on April 27th, 2022.[2]