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> people who are introverts can be social

not if they have social anxiety or are not NT

> but only for limited amounts of time.

but yes, this is true. And it is not something you can build up like a muscle or long distance running. In fact I think trying to build up the amount of time you socialize actually diminishes it



> not if they have social anxiety

I have (frequent) crippling social anxiety, am definitely an introvert, and I can be social -in the right circumstances-[0] (albeit for a limited period of time[1].)

[0] eg. small group of people I know well, familiar surroundings, ideally without a lot of external noise.

[1] 3-4 hours tends to be my limit even under the best circumstances.


Everything is true except for the edge cases where it's not; pointing this out I think is unnecessary.


if something is true everywhere except the edge cases, it is not true everywhere.


No one said it was true everywhere.




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