Why do some people leave a crowded room drained, while others walk out more energized than when they walked in?

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The classic labels of introvert and extrovert have long been used to explain why some people thrive off of social interaction and why some people prefer solitude. While neither one is “better” than ...

As psychoanalyst Carl Jung, who introduced the concepts back in 1923 described, extroverts prefer to engage with the outer world of objects, sensory perception, and action. Introverts, on the other ...

It took me years to figure out the right answer to that question. For most of my life, I considered myself an extrovert. People told me I was a good communicator, I enjoyed spending time with others, ...

As an extrovert who can strike up a conversation with anyone, I wasn’t worried about the prospect of chatting with strangers (which the program’s social-health class would entail). So, to round out my ...

Whenever I tell someone for the first time that I have a panic disorder, it’s usually followed by a very confused look and something along the lines of, “But you’re so outgoing?” If they knew me in ...

Dear Carolyn: Is finding your inner extrovert a thing? I have always thought of myself as an introvert. (For what it’s worth, Meyers-Briggs usually tells me so, too.) But now I suspect I am a shy ...

The impact of the pandemic and the looming stages of re-entry has soared in the number of people who are experiencing heightened levels of social anxiety and social depression. The U.S. Census Bureau ...

Please don’t make me stay at that party. By Jessica Grose My husband has long had a greater appetite for socializing than I do; this was a semi-frequent clash of ours before the pandemic that was ...