| json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["life",""],"appCategory":"life","appTitle":"How do you think I can change from an Antisocial introvert to an extrovert or social being?","appBody":"<p>Brain injury. </p><p>Ha. Though seriously.</p><p>First of all: WHY do you want to change WHO YOU ARE?</p><p>And... is that ACTUALLY WHO YOU ARE, or merely a habitual behavior?</p><p>If you’re trying to change yourself, it’s probably a losing strategy - not only impossible, but disrespectful TO YOURSELF by denying yourself self-love and acceptance.</p><p>Though... it could be worth probing: have you just tended towards introverted tendencies as a consequence of some sort of coping mechanism that’s been used to deal with a trauma somewhere in your past. If THAT were the case, working on processing that all out could be a great step back towards a healthy introversion/extroversion balance.</p><p>And then, it may not be such a matter of “changing” yourself so much as ACTIVATING the more outgoing aspects of your character to draw upon, and/or becoming more skillful in channeling those extroverted energies you are desiring to experience more of. Thus, not denying and trying to change your core being, but growing the capacity for a broader spectrum of behavior to access when the time and place calls for it...</p><p>😇</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fkckuet53q","appParentAuthor":"zoneboy","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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