Question for Extraverts?

Question

What seperates you from the quiet person sitting in the corner of the room, why do you have more confidence to mix and mingle and go with the flow so easily?

Answer 1

http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/co...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is characterized by alterations in personality. The nature of the personality changes depend on the localization of the pathology. The authors present three patients with acquired extroversion who met criteria for FTD. All three patients exhibited predominant bilateral temporal involvement as determined with functional neuroimaging. Possible mechanisms for acquired extroversion in bitemporal FTD include bilateral amygdalar damage with decreased interpersonal fear or sense of threat, orbitofrontal-ventromedial damage with social disinhibition, and relative sparing of dorsolateral frontal and anterior cingulate regions with preserved interpersonal agency. FTD can be a vehicle for unraveling the basis of personality characteristics such as the introversion/extroversion dimension.

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the third most common neurodegenerative dementia syndrome after Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.1,2 FTD occurs in about 5% of memory disorder clinic patients and in a large percentage of dementing diseases that present in the presenium.3–5 In the 45- to 64 year-old age group, there may be about one patient with FTD for every one patient with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.6

FTD patients most commonly present with personality changes, and the most common personality changes are apathy, disengagement, and submissiveness.7,8 In contrast, we report three patients who presented with acquired extroversion. Most major theories of personality include the dimension of introversion/extroversion,9 and these FTD patients offer an opportunity to explore the neurobiological basis of this aspect of personality.

Love who you are.

Answer 2

It could be summed up with the word self-empowerment, to give a specific answer to this kind of question. I do not always feel like mixing and going with the flow, as is stated in the question, but  when I decide to go for it, I'm usually filled with a huge sense of anticipation, looking forward to fun, sharing and giving.

In those moments, I can be extremely extrovert, that is, I will focus my attention on the other, while directing my inner energy outward. The focus is not on "me" in this kind of state, but rather on them, the group, the atmosphere and enjoying the process of sharing.

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Then, of course, you also could consider joining a circus during the holidays and follow the troupe for awhile. You will be amazed.

Answer 3

How introverted or extroverted a person is seems to be inborn.

Answer 4

Well, those are some scary answers. I'm an extrOvert married to an introvert. What sets us apart is that I have no fear. I don't ever worry that people won't like me or won't want to hear what I have to say. I like people and I always think that they'll like me. If they don't, I don't really care. I guess that I don't get bothered by rejection, which I think is rooted in self-confidence. Which I think was innate, to agree with one of the other answers.