Both introverted and extraverted

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Nathália

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:) Yes. It's called being an( ambivert ) I just learned about it from someone yesterday, and I never heard of that term, but it's a real one according to some brief internet research that I did . It's interesting about all of the personality types that play a role in all of this. I found out extroverts can be shy too, from watching " the power of introverts" on YouTube.
 
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Gadfly

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I'm both. People never understood how I could be such a charming 'alpha' one minute and then a recluse the next. I have the impulse to socialize and I'm quite adept until the strain of monitoring all the variables catches up to me. Now I have no money and no real opportunities to socialize, so hermit it is.
 
gustavofring

gustavofring

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I think so.

I am like this too. I think with me it depends a lot on the company.

With some people I can really be the clown and the conversation starter, with others whom I don't feel comfortable around for some reason I turn quiet and more reserved.
 
EscapeArtist

EscapeArtist

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i think most of us are both on some level. It's probably more of a range thing , where do you lie between E and I versus being one or another. So being an introvert is when you gain energy by being alone and being an extrovert is when you gain energy when being with people. I'm sure everybody has their moment when they've been both of those. "Gain energy" is kind of general too. What kind of energy are they talking ?

K now i'm going to contradict this whole post by saying, I am definitely an introvert and I can tell when somebody is an extravert, but to me it looks more about whether they go into their head before they speak or how internal they seem...if that makes sense..probably doesn't..ah well.
 
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Predacon

Predacon

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I think its possible, you can be an introvert and still show extraverted behaviour on occasions and vice versa, it just depends on the circumstances.
 
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laure15

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I can be outgoing and talkative with family and certain friends but quiet and withdrawn with others. But, overall, I think I'm an introvert because I need some solitude to recharge.
 
bleach

bleach

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if you take one of the personality tests based on Jungian types, like the Myers-Briggs, it will give you a number that tells you where you fall on te Extrovert-Introvert scale, along with three other opposing traits. it is certainly possible to have a number that falls in the midde of the scale, meaning that you don't favor either frame of thinking.
 
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aNOTfox

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Yes I believe so, I'm quite good at faking confidence in when meeting new people, so when people first meet me they regard me as being outgoing, then once they get to know me the see that I'm really quiet- it becomes difficult to fake a personality long term.
 
Srijita52

Srijita52

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I think most people crave to socialize atleast to a point and most people need atleast a little alone time too. There might be extreames though I personally haven't met people who are super extroverted or super introverted.
 
JackOfSpades

JackOfSpades

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I can't tell if I'm in a temporarily different mood. Or am transitioning into new ones. Or am uncovering a preexisting, interested, dynamic person by removing the obstruction of anxiety.

I don't think I have to categorize it, but attempting to do so right now is confusing.
 
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aNOTfox

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JackOfSpades said:
uncovering a preexisting, interested, dynamic person by removing the obstruction of anxiety.
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Yeah I often wonder the sort of person I am without anxiety. I'll occasionally go through anxiety-free times where I get a glimpse of the real, happy me but mostly I only know my stressed out self.
 
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