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Tom VanAntwerp's avatar

Yeah, I'll get right on being more extroverted just as soon as I'm done being taller and more handsome. Oh, and I've been thinking about changing my sexual orientation too—might try that first.

Seriously, do you think it's not obvious to introverts that extroversion is very beneficial? It's *extremely* obvious. I can and do "turn on" the extroversion sometimes because I know how useful it is. But I'll always be drained by it. Always. Everyone in my family is this way. We are just not wired to be extroverted. Rather, we do our best in a society that expects it anyway.

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Martin's avatar

The capability of being social is THE shit (whether or not pure intro/extroversion is a thing).

I was shy as a kid, then got bullied in school and completely clammed up for a good ten years before a quarter-life crisis nudged me in a more extroverted direction. And even then it still took another good part of a decade before it became a part of me, where it's what I am, and not what I'm trying to be.

And boy would I love to take the me of today and redo the whole school and 20-something part. Looking back at my actions from 5-10-15 years ago I'm painfully aware of how much opportunities I wasted back then because of my inability to socialize AND my inability to even comprehend this fact.

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