Thank you all, for your interesting responses!
You izz welcome!
Time to crank it up some!
Ooh goody, I haven't seen a motor car cranked up to start since I last saw my father do it in 1955. It was a Ford model T something or other.
1. Nearly all of you have suggested that it is human interaction that drains you, like an ice cube in a hot oven. I wonder, if you had to deal with something interactive (void of human contact) or rich in external sensory data, would that too make you feel drained?
No, but then again, beware the preferences. SP's can do repetitive activity endlessly, Introverted or not.
You need to look to the last letter of the type which tells you the
face to the world. That's how we deal with the world. That includes that which is void of human contact; the world is there, wherefrom does the energy come?
I can put in very long days on the computer, but I find I still need time out to recharge the batteries, or they become very depleted. Creativity can be depleted by computers, also.
2. Awrite, check this shit out: I propose that INXX-people are more easily drained than ISXX-people, because the N-function is trying to get the big picture (therefore taking in more information/interactive data). Yay or nay? And whay?
I think you need to understand that the first letter tells you where people get energised, or how they get energised. Introverts, generally, resource their energy from within. How that happens is different from person to person as they will have different strategies to access energy, if at all aware that they do this.
I am ISTJ in the outer world and INTJ in my inner world; I don't see any difference in what drains me, but I do find that if I don't have time out, the energy seeps away.
3. I have an introvert friend who claims that in order to maintain his "energy" for longer periods he is completely focused on his mission, whatever that is. He "cuts off" people (and everything else, that is irrelevant to his mission). Again, lemme pick your brains on this one!
I rather think this is a matter of personal choice, and how someone chooses to maintain their inner strength. That is a matter of personal self discipline, and of course, how you deal with people and situations where you are drained or feel off course. You have to understand that Introverts can floor unsuspecting Extroverts with their inner depths and how they perceive situations and people. Not everything is on the surface, you know.
I notice you have
XXXX as your type.
In Australia, we have a
beer called XXXX
Is this your secret?