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I always thought I was an extrovert. I can talk friends' or family members' heads off. But then I was given a Myers Briggs personality test and it labeled me solidly introverted. When I read the definition - that it's not necessarily the inability to interact but *where we get our energy from" - I understood.
After a busy day at work, I just want to go home - yes, alone - and play with the computer. (I miss my cat. Sigh.) I dread holidays with families (mostly because of the running, screaming rug-rats who are my great-nieces). I almost always have to be coerced to go to a get together, but I usually do enjoy myself, as long as I can find a friend or two to have one- or two-on-one discussions with.
But at the end of the interfacing - I need to go home, maybe grab a book or get online - and recharge my batteries.
The book said extroverts actually are energized by interacting with others! Blows my mind.
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