Topic: Inside-out vs outside-in people

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 month ago #131,275

These two categories related to where mental regulation habitually takes place. My friend back in the day was inside-out. His life was falling apart because he was so unstable, he would respond with more routines and more focus on the environment to absurd levels.

Once he walked like 15km to grab empty shampoo bottles in storage so the shower "looked nicer". Meanwhile I'm a outside-in, I don't try to control the environment but the things inside, I'd leave blood from previous accidents uncleaned but think that maybe if I just saw something differently my life would click in place

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #1,405,096

I'm too whatever-pilled anymore and assume the world needs me compliant and useful for their ends. I do what I can to be comfortable instead of worrying about what others 'need' from me. Long way of saying I agree with you - I work on my mental housekeeping to suit myself.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 month ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,405,097

@previous (B)

There's pitfalls though. If things become too crazy to handle, the internally focused people (outside-in) become too self absorbed, caught in endless self ruminating loops

Anonymous B replied with this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,405,099

@previous (A)
Can confirm, I'm hard to work with.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 month ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,405,100

@previous (B)

Probably easier than most. Except for the people who insist on stuff like, keeping things orderly and predictable

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 1 month ago, 14 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,405,102

@previous (A)

But at least we are almost never serial killers, and when we are we never planned the murders but got but hurt, more like extreme impulsivity

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