Tank mode is a headspace where you've decided to absorb everything coming at you and not flinch. No feelings about it, no processing out loud — just forward momentum through whatever the day or week throws. People enter tank mode during crunch, heartbreak, family chaos, or big decisions they've already made and can't un-make. It's not healthy long-term but it's extremely effective short-term. In tank mode you answer every email, handle every problem, and eat lunch standing up. You deal with the feelings later. Right now you're just taking the hits.
Finals week hit and I activated full tank mode — no social plans, no feelings, just surviving until Friday.
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