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  • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.nettoComic Strips@lemmy.worldIntrovert Social Battery
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    21 days ago

    Effort and stress are intrinsically linked. High effort activity naturally activate energy consuming processes and negative emotional states like frustration and fatigue.

    Effort isn’t stress but effort inherently causes stress on the body.

    A long walk or bike ride is stressful on the body. The stress created by physical exertion is what makes you tired.


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    Going to a large party where I don’t know anyone is exhausting because I am actively processing my interactions with everyone, thinking through whether certain things are appropriate for this situation before I say them.

    This is literally stress inducing. You say it isn’t stressful and then describe being in a stressful situation. It’s literally anxiety that is causing us to overthink these situations, and that is causing stress, which is exhausting.



  • They are exhausting because they are stressful. As well, most introverts would be assumed to suffer from some sort of social malady such as socially-induced anxiety, which is why they would be introverts in the first place instead of extroverts.

    It’s almost like these things are linked and that’s the situation this comic is trying to portray.


  • I mean it doesn’t help that our society has systematically destroyed third spaces where people could exist freely and socialize with others. Those that do still exist are becoming prohibitively expensive on top of it.

    Structurally, we have built a damningly isolated society. So it’s no wonder people are supplementing that lack of social enrichment with media consumption.

    It isn’t really a voluntary isolation when you exist in a society that is structured to isolate you from your community.






  • Through the private ownership over the means of production which they leverage against the proletariat through the commodification of community goods and resources in order to coerce their labor of which they then profit off in a cruel and oppressive cycle of forced dependency which is maintained through the state.

    This is like Leftism 101.



  • Just because that may be the case for your one locality it is not the case for the wider society at large. The disappearance of third spaces and the prevalent lack of walkability is a major social issue throughout the majority of the US.

    NotJustBikes has many videos explaining this in detail.