• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Introvert doesn’t mean the same thing as social anxiety or to be socially inept. It’s a personality trait. Not a personality or personality disorder.

    People with introvert trait socialize perfectly fine. It’s what they do to recharge that is different. If you’re letting a mere trait run your life, that’s not a trait. It’s a symptom.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. Being an introvert doesn’t mean that you are afraid of talking to people, it means that you occasionally get special dialogue options and some stat boosts when traveling without a companion