I was intending to point to the fact that these are two different things—not a non-thing and a thing.
I think you overrate the difference from New Agey people in that regard. Someone who does energy healing speaks labels certain sensations he perceives as energy.
That a thought is familiar does not invalidate it.
I don’t think “invalidation” is the point of asking questions.
We all know what these expressions mean.
These expressions can usually refer to a bunch of different things.
Also if you know what the expression means, it shouldn’t be hard for you to break it down.
These expressions can usually refer to a bunch of different things. Also if you know what the expression means, it shouldn’t be hard for you to break it down.
They mean certain generally familiar sensations. What has that to do with “breaking it down”? You can stare really hard at those sensations, and examine how they arise and change and pass away, which I am guessing is what you are referring to as “breaking it down”, and you can study them from outside the experience with the usual methods of science, which might also be part of what you are referring to, but that has nothing to do with knowing “what these expressions mean”.
If I learn from a carpenter about the construction of tables, I am learning about tables, not about the meaning of the word “table”.
There’s a sensation of having a high muscle tonus. There a sensation of feeling the need for sleep.
There’s a sensation that comes with an increase in testosterone. There’s a sensation of reduced inhibition for movement. There’s a sensation of motivation.
There’s low/high blood sugar. There’s heart rate variance. There’s willpower.
Those are all different variables that person could mean when he speaks about “paying energy”.
If you are interested in actually understanding what happens when introverts pay energy for social interaction it’s useful to mentally distinguish those things. Distinguishing them allows you to intervene.
I personally don’t drain when in social interaction. But I’m also not a typical extrovert.
I think you overrate the difference from New Agey people in that regard. Someone who does energy healing speaks labels certain sensations he perceives as energy.
I don’t think “invalidation” is the point of asking questions.
These expressions can usually refer to a bunch of different things. Also if you know what the expression means, it shouldn’t be hard for you to break it down.
They mean certain generally familiar sensations. What has that to do with “breaking it down”? You can stare really hard at those sensations, and examine how they arise and change and pass away, which I am guessing is what you are referring to as “breaking it down”, and you can study them from outside the experience with the usual methods of science, which might also be part of what you are referring to, but that has nothing to do with knowing “what these expressions mean”.
If I learn from a carpenter about the construction of tables, I am learning about tables, not about the meaning of the word “table”.
There’s a sensation of having a high muscle tonus. There a sensation of feeling the need for sleep. There’s a sensation that comes with an increase in testosterone. There’s a sensation of reduced inhibition for movement. There’s a sensation of motivation. There’s low/high blood sugar. There’s heart rate variance. There’s willpower.
Those are all different variables that person could mean when he speaks about “paying energy”.
If you are interested in actually understanding what happens when introverts pay energy for social interaction it’s useful to mentally distinguish those things. Distinguishing them allows you to intervene.
I personally don’t drain when in social interaction. But I’m also not a typical extrovert.