The unmistakable aura of someone in the middle of an emotional tailspin — even when they're holding it together on the surface. Spiraling energy is a vibe read, something you sense in the frantic pace of a text chain, the slightly-too-much enthusiasm at a party, or the eerily calm voice someone uses right before they admit everything is falling apart. It's contagious energy too: one person projecting it into a room can pull everyone else into a low-grade collective anxiety.
i walked into that meeting and immediately clocked the spiraling energy in the room
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