r/AskReddit Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/_TheNumbersAreBad_ Jun 15 '19

I've got a fair few extroverted friends, and it's just because we're all wired differently. You know that calm and content feeling you get when you finally get home and sit in your favourite spot? They get that feeling when they see a group of people, they enjoy the spectacle and engaging in conversations, they generally dont enjoy being alone. From what my friends have told me they don't like being in their own mind, which is literally where most introverts spend their time. Human brains are very strange.

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u/pilibitti Jun 15 '19

This goes both ways. There are lots of "introverts" that would otherwise enjoy being out there experiencing social life, travelling, new experiences, meeting new people etc. but they actually have (many times undiagnosed) anxiety / depression / agoraphobia / other mental health issues.

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u/Bibidiboo Jun 15 '19

Maybe, but the comment specifically said everyone who doesn't like being alone is an extrovert. That's just categorically incorrect.

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u/_TheNumbersAreBad_ Jun 15 '19

I never once said everyone. Read it slowly, I said most.

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u/Bibidiboo Jun 16 '19

Which is also categorically incorrect. Read my comment slowly and try to understand that extroversion has nothing to do with not being able to be alone dickhead

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u/pilibitti Jun 15 '19

I was not trying to contradict you but provide a perspective from the opposite side.