In this post, I refer to the words introversion and extroversion as methods of obtaining energy. Introverts obtain energy through relaxation, finding highly social situations to be draining after a while, and needing to take a break every now and then (NOT synonymous with antisocialsm or shyness). Meanwhile, extroverts thrive on social interactions for their energy.
I myself am highly introverted. I love being around people but can become exhausted and need to confine myself to my room to 'recharge'. I'm impressed by people who can be around many other people for the entire day any not be completely drained at the end of it. It makes me wonder why people are one way or the other. I think a possibility might be that it is an observation of your parents (or whoever you may have been raised by) from a young age. My parents have many friends at their work, but rarely saw them in other contexts. They both came home, ate dinner, relaxed with each other and the family, went to bed and repeated the same thing the following day. It was very rare that we had company - as evidenced by our dogs who greated any person outside the realm of our family with loud barking and nervous sniffing. I, like my parents, typically see my friends in the same settings in which I got to know them.
As an introvert in a college atmosphere where true alone time is hard to come by, I find that I must often engage in destressing activities. During the week it is imperative that I play the piano at some point and on weekends go on drives by horse farms - or even return home for a ride. This leads me to my question - Do extroverts ever feel the need to "get away" in the absence of social stressors?
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i think that most people would consider me an extrovert, i'm definitely not shy, but i am easily possessed with a spirit to express myself. in other words, my introversion leads to meditation and revelation where there is something that communicates with me, i still my thoughts and i observe connections and distinctions being made that i did not actively think of. this intelligence, i believe is in all of us if we do the inner work. this experience becomes watered down by the time i think about it and try to articulate it, but i am sure that this experience is divine (not in any religious context, but this is the origin of all religion). my point in bringing this up is that it is a similar experience to listening to someone talk, except it is internal. when this happens, it is like a fire that fuels inside me that bothers me to keep in, so i express it. this expression can come in philosophical conversation or the many forms of art i partake in. the only limit is that it is genuine. for me, every moment i am silent, i am still and introverted and in meditation, which makes it difficult to function in the material world, i am a B/C student in the classroom and outside of the classroom because i do not see a necessary distinction of worth in the material world. but i focus just enough to be successful because it does to some degree affect my metaphysical happiness.
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