Continuing on this topic of internal and external – introverted and extroverted. Early on, as a child, we learn which area is safer. Is the “outside” physical world safer, more comfortable? Or is the “inner” personal world safer.
Maybe as a child, there was an actual physical pain interacting with the physical world, scraping your knee falling, getting hurt playing sports or maybe it was pain, fear or embarrassment when interacting with and caused by other people. A child might start to think the world is unsafe, and start to go inward, scared and hesitant to live outwardly and express themselves physically, emotionally or psychologically.
Maybe another child, has a higher tolerance for pain and embarrassment or maybe they’re more adept at navigating their physical body in the physical world, avoiding harm, injury and even better at interacting and responses from other people and situations. This person wouldn’t necessarily feel the need to draw inward and be in their own head because they don’t see the outer world as being unsafe or scary.
Couldn’t these be a template of how we learn to be introverted or extroverted?