• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Not everyone feels drained by talking to people. I’d say most people don’t. Some people, a lot of people actually, get energized talking with people.

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      1 month ago

      I believe scientific studies say it’s somewhere around half of each.

      The reason you don’t see that, is because it’s considered socially unacceptable to get socially drained, so we learn to hide it, usually from very young.

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      1 month ago

      Not everyone feels drained by talking to people

      And those people wouldn’t be wearing this pin.

      People that feel drained from socializing feel that way with everybody.

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      1 month ago

      I think you described quite accurately the difference between introverts and extroverts.

      Extroverts gain energy with social interaction whereas it costs energy for introverts to be in these social interactions.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        The point is that you don’t need to think you’re special, or have some unique arrogance to think that you don’t drain people’s batteries. Younger extroverts have no awareness that there are people who get drained through human interactions.