What do you do when you have been to much with other people?

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I just spent one and half day with someone from my family who went to my city and took the opportunity to visit me. (I had been warned long in advance, and we planned it well.) Although we had constructive discussions and I am overall happy to have seen her, I feel very tired, quite confused and mildly depressed as is typical for me after any lengthy social interaction. I know I am not the only one to experiment that kind of thing, and I was wondering: what kind of things do you do after you had to be in social situation for too long in order to unwind and get yourself together ?

Typically, I would be happy to be able to focus on something I like (my current special interests) but I feel too drained even for that. Often the best thing I can do is watch a movie (one not too intellectual and twisted). What do you do in such situations ?

When I feel really drained of energy, I'll usually just turn off all the lights in my room, put my phone on silent, stop everything and just go to sleep for a few hours....or just cover myself in blankets and just lie in bed without sleeping. The latter works pretty well too. Sometimes just lying in bed and sort of rocking myself from side to side is helpful, too.

If I'm not too overloaded I usually play dumb ios games until I get tired and fall asleep. If I'm super overloaded I go in my room, turn the lights off and try to think of nothing.

I turn off all the lights, put on some low-key classical music, and lie in bed.

After spending a lot of time with one person, or a group of people, I feel wound up and I have to clear my head and let off steam before I can really relax. I usually need to vent to someone else about what happened and whatever the person said or did that frustrated me.

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Probably relaxing (I mean, with relaxation techniques), soft music and a good night of sleep are good advice

I can totally relate: I either lie on the floor, seeping in the cold of the tiles, or play on my violin. The last one doesn't even need proper music to calm me down: just sounds I like. (Or is that music?)

I get engrossed in a video game or a drawing. Video games *depending on the type* help me kind of go into my own world for a while, which helps me to relax, unwind, and de-stress.