Are you an introvert?
Terrific explainer by https://introverteed.com/blogs/news/an-introduction-to-the-introvert-social-battery #comic #art
I have less of a social battery than a social capacitor.
Nailed it!
@Sheril should dissappear in an explosion of spoons.
Maybe in purely social settings I'm an introvert...because it can be so uninteresting to me.
Yesterday I had a productive hour-long meeting with the Alamogordo city manager to discuss gathering data, from various offices, to try and make a financial data map like the ones shown here:
https://youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI?t=138
I then spoke to folks in other offices to lay more groundwork.
That interested me, and I was animated and engaged.
Put me in a room where no new ideas are percolating and I'm getting bored or walking out the door.
Maybe I'm an information/learning seeker?
@KrajciTom @Sheril
One of the personality typing metaphors (the Enneagram) has a kind of nerdy type that can act like an information packrat and be engaged and personable when there is information to share
But when it runs out, they shut down and look for a way to go elsewhere to gather more
Seems familiar
@Sheril Definitely. Spent 5 days with family, 2 weeks ago, being social. It was great fun, but (as so often) it was way more than I can handle. Did it anyway because I only see them once every couple of years. The result? A good time, most of the time, and 2 days on the couch, knock-out with the curtains closed, after they left. Even though the weather changed and became sunny and warm, I couldn't get outside for anything longer than a 10 minute grocery trip. Totally drained.
@Sheril I definitely feel seen!
@Sheril Hahaha. Me.
:blobfoxdead
i WISH I could just go POOF instead of getting more irrationally miserable the longer I can't get away.
@artisanrox @Sheril This. “Poof” would be so much easier!
Precisely. I love people, but they’re exhausting. Energy allocation is key for me, and I’m highly discerning when it comes to who gets how much of my energy. Also: I’m skilled at interacting with people, but it’s exceedingly depleting. Afterwards, I require hours of solitude to recharge/recover. Heaven for me is being alone parallel w someone else. Intersecting orbits, but distinct.
@Sheril I think I might be in this it's not someting I had really thought of before, but it might help me understand myself better.
Not really sure what to make of it yet, but perhaps it might get me somewhere.
So - thanks, I guess
@Sheril I’m a lapsed introvert – the attributes I previously associated with introversion seem better explained to me by my being on the spectrum. #ActuallyAutistic
@hellomiakoda sometimes it feels like it! But corrected to originally-intended “on”
@europlus @Sheril I think I'm like that too or at least just have crazy social anxiety. Crowds can put me into a panic.
I never liked this definition. It feels like something HR made up so the CEO who's mingling effortlessly at some office party 4 nights a week could say "no, I'm just like you!" (I.e. it's your fault you're struggling and you could overcome it if you just tried harder)
@Sheril this is me.
@Sheril yep, can relate.
@Sheril
I am an introvert, and I always wondered what would happen when I reached the end of my social reserves.
@Sheril @artisanrox Yes. 1000 times yes.
@Sheril This is me, I do a job where I talk to hundreds of people a day, so when I quit, I just want to peace myself out of people.
@Sheril man when I finally learned this about myself, my self care game got 150% better. Suddenly I figured out why I was getting so many migraines!