I can fully agree that we go through different phases in life where circumstances lead us to act more as an introvert or extrovert. I do not agree that the whole consept is bogus. In my expirience it is not where you get energy but how much different scenarios cost you in energy. I can be sociable and act in an extroverted way but it is exhausting. My wife can do the same but will only feel more energized afterwards. This has been true for my entire life and I don't expect it to change.
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the interesting part is that even those who claim to be charging "alone", do it at least with one dear individual. Also many introverts that claim to recharge "alone' after they spend some time alone studying, they want to go out and meet other people for a change.
my point is that it varies depending on the way we engage with situations in life such as employment and exams rather than "who we really are".
Yeah true. I also wonder if maybe trauma, especially childhood trauma, can cause one's personality to fragment and then the fragment is forced to make abstractions just to be able to cope.
I heard this one quote once by a famous psychologist. He said, "One must be sympathetic with people who live in a false world, because the real one is intolerable."