It’s fun to study and more fun to know we never quite fit in any box. The more aware we become of ourselves, the more room we have to surprise ourselves.
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Since I’m home during the day, I have far more time to myself, even though I’m deliberately spending more time with people right now. There’s just a lot more time to go around.

Sorry to hear about your unconsciousness! Hope it didn’t hurt too much!

When I go to weddings, I always make a point of taking a break in my room – even a half hour peace helps. Mind you, that went kind of wrong for me at one wedding. My room was in an outdoor sort of barn place and they’d actually painted the edges of the steps with gloss paint. Instead of half hour of piece – I wound up unconscious.

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@ Stacey, oh sure, no one wants to be completely introverted all the time. This should be interesting as I test how much alone time I really need!

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@ Barbara, I guess that’s a risk I have to take, in the name of science!

@ Jamie, we all have some of both in us, and many people are near the middle. Some people are so close they have a hard time deciding what they are. As you said, you’ll learn more when you move out.

@ Urban, the extrovert/extravert discussion seems to never go away for long. Yes, both as acceptable variants in English, though extrovert is more common. However, they spell it as “extravert” (from the German) in all the MBTI literature, so that’s the right way to spell it when talking about the MBTI. Fortunately, they didn’t choose to spell it “xhorsdhrouon,” because then that would be the correct spelling!

I guess we find out where our happy medium is when we step over the line. I’ll certainly be doing that, so it will be interesting to see what happens!

@ Ari, I think it’s impossible to be 100% either way. In fact, if your dominant function is introverted, your auxiliary function will be extraverted, and vice versa. We all need some of both.

@ Evelyn, if you serve as a battery for your friends, it’s for the good of all that you recharge when you need to!

@ VeRonda, we all need different amounts of charging, but whatever you need, you need!

@ Dot, I agree that it definitely depends on what kind of people you’re with. I can find some conversations quite energizing, but small talk with strangers doesn’t fall into that category!

However, over the years I’ve come out of my shell and learned to enjoy being in groups and socializing, even though it tires me, so I would guess I’m not as far on the scale as I used to be. I do find I’m less tired by congenial groups than by other kinds of groups, like strangers or groups at work.

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