Do you have a "nerdy dopamine pathway"?

“I’ve come to the conclusion I’m a ‘wild introvert’. I’m an introvert who scores extremely high in openness to experience. I love adventures and sensory seeking but then need about a week to recover. Where my fellow wild introverts at?”

One of the strongest primal rewards throughout the course of human history has been social attention , which explains why research has found that extraverts get so energized and excited about opportunities to receive positive social attention. Introverts just don’t get so worked up about this.

From a dopamine perspective, you can say that it takes i... See more