Elizabeth Lane Lawley: “She, on the other hand, said that the longer she goes without talking to someone she’s angry at, the easier it is to forget the bad and start remembering the good. Being forced to talk about the event or conflict, to her, was a lot like picking at a scar. The healing had to happen internally, with a barrier against the outside world.”
The 'She' in this quote is an introvert, who is talking to the author of the quote, an extrovert. "[W]hat she sees as wasted effort [i.e. the introvert's belief that extroverts are 'compelled' to talk], I see as a process of understanding, weighing options, incorporating new ideas, etc. It’s a thought process exposed." This contrasts to the introvert's approach, which believes that most things, including the introvert's feelings, are self-evident and not really worthy of discussion.
It's a perspective (i.e. an extrovert discussing introverts) that I can at the very least appreciate as being different than the norm. More later, possibly as a front-page post.
