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I think you are mixing up being an introvert with being socially anxious. While the two can go hand in hand, there are plenty of socially anxious extroverts and
by bawolff 2y ago
I think you are mixing up being an introvert with being socially anxious. While the two can go hand in hand, there are plenty of socially anxious extroverts and socially confident introverts.
- dmichulke 2y agoI don't think the socially anxious gain energy by behaving like extroverts. But I agree with socially confident introverts. I guess you can have more reasons to behave a given way, and it's really hard to isolate traits or narrow them down towards a definition.
- bawolff 2y ago> I don't think the socially anxious gain energy by behaving like extroverts. My point is that they are seprate traits (albeit with sone correlations). Socially anxious people don't gain energy by "behaving" like extroverts. Being an extrovert is not a behaviour.
- FeloniousHam 2y agoI think this is insightful, based on my own experience. I think the two traits are orthogonal. I'm naturally(?) extraverted, but have always been shy and am still anxious in most social situations. People would probably recognize me as extraverted, but it requires something like mental/emotional gatecrashing (or some disinhibiting agent).
- moqmar 2y agoI mean, that'd probably just be the worst case: you're afraid of social situations, but you also don't like to be alone.