From the Extroverted Ideal to Being Externally Referenced
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from Psychology Today4 months ago
We live in a strongly extroverted culture. This primarily means that extroversion is prized and introversion shunned. Extroversion is processing what you feel, desire, and believe out loud, verbally.
Psychology Todayhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-mystic-path/202411/from-the-extroverted-ideal-to-being-externally-referenced
When extroversion became the ideal way to encounter others verbally, it also reshaped how we should think and act. Our identities became more externally referenced as we saw ourselves fundamentally doing something in the external world.
Psychology Todayhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-mystic-path/202411/from-the-extroverted-ideal-to-being-externally-referenced
Cain's quote shows that we weren't simply interested in talking but increasingly valuing who we are regarding what we do in the external world rather than in the internal world.
Psychology Todayhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-mystic-path/202411/from-the-extroverted-ideal-to-being-externally-referenced
Becoming internally referenced has us living closer to who we actually are, emphasizing the importance of loyalty and trust in our relationship with ourselves.
Psychology Todayhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-mystic-path/202411/from-the-extroverted-ideal-to-being-externally-referenced
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