I run hot and cold about this. Sometimes I'll be sitting with a group of friends and realize I haven't said a word in ten minutes, and other times I'm the life of the party--leading the conversation, making jokes and connections with prior topics, that sort of thing.
I think the main difference is, when I'm keeping to myself, I'm spending mental energy keeping up with the conversation and trying to figure out what to say, and when I'm dancing right along in the conversation, I'm not thinking about any of that, I'm just... dancing.
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