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What is Marigold's fundamental character?
idontunderstand:
My friend (whose mom is a psychoanalysist, or something similar) told me a story about a workplace, an office, where the boss was an extrovert, while the clerks mainly were introverts. Even though the boss was pretty much the nicest guy in the world, they all saw him as something of a psycho, since he would always run up and talk to them whenever he thought the office was too quiet while they were working. As introverts, they saw it as him trying to push them down and keep them in check. Things got better once they'd found out what the problem came from, though.
questionablecontentfan:
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 21 Sep 2011, 01:06 ---My friend (whose mom is a psychoanalysist, or something similar) told me a story about a workplace, an office, where the boss was an extrovert, while the clerks mainly were introverts. Even though the boss was pretty much the nicest guy in the world, they all saw him as something of a psycho, since he would always run up and talk to them whenever he thought the office was too quiet while they were working. As introverts, they saw it as him trying to push them down and keep them in check. Things got better once they'd found out what the problem came from, though.
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Honestly, I do think some outgoing people have a touch of mental illness. Going around talking to anyone, people you don't even know, just randomly talking all the time? Yeah, something about that screams "not right in the head." I've had customers at my job who tell me really personal things they honestly should not be telling strangers.
Being too introverted is messed up, but so is being too extroverted. It's better to be somewhere in the middle.
idontunderstand:
Wellll... a mental illness would mean that those people would suffer from it. And they probably don't. Everyone should just behave how they want, intro- or extroverted. "Being in the middle" is not just a choice you make.
And of course, if someone wants to be left alone that should be respected.
Is it cold in here?:
I knew someone who went on a plane flight and introduced herself to everyone on the 747.
That could be done by a healthy person several standard deviations out on the curve of friendliness, but in that case she eventually got a manic diagnosis.
benji:
yeah, there are certainly people who suffer from extreme behavior like that. A lot of the people I've known who are extremely extroverted to the point of not being able to "turn it off" are often quite lonely. They make casual acquaintances easily, but have trouble with the more intimate interactions necessary for close friendships.
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