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First let me apologize. I reread my OP and believe I should have written affect rather than effect.

Secondly based on the ease of answering we apparently all know ourselves quite well.

I too can be both extrovert and introvert but my default is to introvert. Like many of you my duties forced me to the former. Unlike some of you I loved public speaking. It is an important piece of my occupation that I miss.

My daughter knows me quite well and brought me a book concerning highly sensitive people. I explained that I was not that thin skinned. she agreed. The sensitive person in the book is about people who are overwhelmed by loud noise or crowded rooms. My daughter is right about me. While I can speak in front of huge crowds once I'm done I have to move out of the room...retreat to quiet so I can internalize recharge evaluate how I did and what I should do to improve.

I am guessing after reading the preceding posts that there are a lot of you like that too.

Clearly no one related an extrovert to that of a narcissist .

I love the story of the narcissistic talk show host. He speaking to his guest for about 15 minutes and its all about him. He stops suddenly as says enough about me" let's talk about you. The guest's body language signals he is ready for his first question. The talk host leans into the guest with his microphone and says to the guest "what to you think of me?"

ciao