It certainly does not apply to everybody. But it's also not limited to extroverts. A psychologist shocked me a few years ago by calling me "an introverted peopl

It certainly does not apply to everybody. But it's also not limited to extroverts. A psychologist shocked me a few years ago by calling me "an introverted people person." That sounded like an oxymoron to me, but it turned out to be quite accurate. It turns out introversion is not a simple binary thing. Coming to understand that helped me figure out how to structure my social interactions in a much healthier way. In my case, that meant one-on-one interactions, not group settings. And I was lucky to have a number of wonderful people who were happy to have such interactions with me. So much of my joy comes from those interactions. I tested this by having dinner with three of them together at one point - they all loved it, and I was riddled with stress!