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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
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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I am mostly the same. In a group I can talk a lot, but at home I am mostly quiet. At work I almost never go to social meetings (only when I cannot avoid it) and I don't like large crowds. Luckily my wife is almost the same. I charge my batteries by being at home, reading or programming. Somehow I get energy from thinking about hard and complex things.
My little girl is totally different. Not only is she a chatterbox, she gets energy from being on stage. Since she was two she has a dream of becoming a ballerina (not just a ballerina, but the Prima Ballerina at the Duch National Ballet) and it appears she has the talent. When she is training or performing she actually gains energy, it is very strange to see (for us at least). We, we are just glad that at one time she goes to bed so we can recharge...
