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What methods have you tried to emulate extraversion? A friend of mine used improv and acting to help them "act" more extroverted, YMMV. Me, I'm still emulating
by WhompingWindows 5y ago
What methods have you tried to emulate extraversion? A friend of mine used improv and acting to help them "act" more extroverted, YMMV. Me, I'm still emulating too.
- at_a_remove 5y agoFirst, just going out and doing things, namely concerts. Hundreds upon hundreds of concerts. I'm very good at going to concerts (obtaining tickets, optimal parking, getting everything ready) but I still do not enjoy myself. Various combinations of medications, prescribed and self-selected, have failed. It wasn't exhaustive exactly but I would say that it was a good survey of the field. Memorizing quite a lot of detail about people helps in making you seem engaged, but there's a fine line (past a certain point, if you confess to remembering whatever counts as "too much," it becomes "creepy"), and it still hasn't affected the base. Self-talk, acting, improv -- it increases the fidelity of the emulation but it's still emulation. At the end of the day, other people say "hello" and I have failed the initiative check, and am pondering what exactly do I say back to them, and they've already gone by. A remarkably stable trait for me.
- owlninja 5y agoRegarding concerts, do you enjoy music?
- at_a_remove 5y agoYes, quite a bit.
- oblio 5y agoI'm an extrovert, I enjoy music, I don't really enjoy concerts.
- smabie 5y agoAdderall and/or alcohol seem to work well for me. But those aren't exactly costless either..
- at_a_remove 5y agoThose are definitely in the list of things I have tried. I had high hopes for a stimulant of some kind.