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Originally Posted by DanaC
Oh! Do me, do me!
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Originally Posted by DanaC
I am very, very sociable, and also very, very unsociable. I can 'turn it on' at parties ...
[snip]and I just had to plaster my confident, friendly, yet totally unconcerned expression onto my face ... [/snip]
[snip & sequence]The last five or six years have given me a wide range of experiences that have given me some confidence in what I am portraying of myself ... [/snip & sequence]
[snip]Spending time in social situations (beyond idle chit chat with mates and immediate family) is exhausting to me. ... [/snip]
With people I am comortable with, i am a naturally gregarious person. I have taught myself to take a little of that gregariousness with me into less comfortable situations. But I require large amounts of time to myself to recharge my batteries.
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Since you're not outgoing in most social situations, you're not an extrovert. While you share some traits that I attributed to monster like being able to "turn it on," you seem to simply portray that role rather than stepping into it. The ability to step into it comes from a feeling of confidence that when you step into a room, you
COULD exercise some form of control over everyone in it if you chose to do so. Soldiers could exercise the power of life and death, comedians could exercise the power of joy and laughter, parents could exercise the power of love and approval ... etc. Finding that niche enables one to completely step into the role when they "turn it on." The aftereffects are minimal.
While I classified monster as an Extravirginvert (technically a sous extrovert), I would classify you as a Thespianvert (technically a haut introvert).