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MrMacPhisto
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24 Jun 2018, 4:35 pm

Does anyone feel that way. That is how I feel and come across. Outwardly to people I come across as quiet, shy very introvert but inwardly there is this talkative confident person that wants to come out but is frustrated because the extravert won’t come out.



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24 Jun 2018, 4:38 pm

I feel like I am kind of your exact opposite sometimes. I appear extroverted but I am really introverted.


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27 Jun 2018, 10:39 am

MrMacPhisto wrote:
Does anyone feel that way. That is how I feel and come across. Outwardly to people I come across as quiet, shy very introvert but inwardly there is this talkative confident person that wants to come out but is frustrated because the extravert won’t come out.


Definately, so much to say, so many thoughts, but how to say them or as my son says "how should we say?".



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27 Jun 2018, 10:40 am

Yep....I'm sort of the outwardly extraverted, inwardly introverted type.



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27 Jun 2018, 10:43 am

I'm kind of cold and distant but when I had friends I could make them laugh and wouldn't care about acting weird in public.



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27 Jun 2018, 9:29 pm

My introversion has decreased quite a bit since I was forced to greet small groups of business people. I do keep things inside, but these days it's just because it's dumb stuff. In the old days it was because anxiety prevented me.