On: Extraverted People Talk More Abstractly, Introverts Are More Concrete (2012)

[dmichulke]

I 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 → dmichulke]

> 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 → bawolff]

I 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 → dmichulke]

I mean, that'd probably just be the worst case: you're afraid of social situations, but you also don't like to be alone.