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> 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). Social
by 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).