Re: The neurotic extrovert weighs in ...

Date: Mar. 13th, 2006 06:08 pm (UTC)
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as an extrovert, I'm very sensitive to other people's moods

That's unusual -- I'd guess this isn't your nature as an extrovert but instead one of the consequences of having been raised by introverts, of being what you call a self-aware extrovert. In my experience it's the introverts who are acutely sensitive to other people's reactions and the extroverts who seem (to us) to blunder ahead without picking up on subtle cues of non-verbal or verbal expression. It seems like you've had to develop the skill or risk being reprimanded.

a meaningful conversation is *doubly* stimulating, because it pushes both my "engaged intellectually" buttons and my "extrovert bonding" buttons.

Whereas I'm willing to endure an extended conversation for the benefit of connecting with someone, or talking about a really interesting topic.
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