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tootieyesterday at 3:19 AM2 repliesview on HN

Introversion has nothing to do with anxiety or dread. They are orthogonal concepts.


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bluefirebrandyesterday at 4:53 AM

You're not entirely wrong, but I don't think they are entirely orthogonal either.

There is almost certainly a significant overlap between introversion and social anxiety/dread, even if they aren't 1:1 related

If nothing else, many people with a lot of social anxiety will claim they are simply introverts in order to cover for their anxiety

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9rxyesterday at 9:17 AM

The fear of reaching the point of social exhaustion, as introverts quickly do, is the anxiety.