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Social anxiety, introversion, and antisociability are all different things that often get conflated. If we replace people with ice cream, I think it works out
by munificent 7y ago
Social anxiety, introversion, and antisociability are all different things that often get conflated.
If we replace people with ice cream, I think it works out something like:
* Social anxiety: I'm afraid I will choke on the ice cream.
* Introversion: Ice cream is fine but I don't really enjoy the flavor.
* Anti-social: Ice cream tastes gross.
These all manifest in the same visible way — avoiding ice cream — but the causes are distinct.
- PaulStatezny 7y agoInteresting analogy. From my perspective (as an introvert) I would replace the "Introvert" line with: * Introversion: I may or may not enjoy ice cream, but eating very much makes me exhausted. (Or "I feel full after eating just a bit".) From my perspective, your analogy makes the very mistake that the grandparent comment brought up: conflating introversion with not liking social interaction.
- munificent 7y agoYeah, I like that better too. Especially the second sentence.