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No, they are exhausting because there is so much to process mentally and some environments make it difficult to do so. Large gatherings where there is so much to process and think through that it is like working out, but not generally stressful.
Going to a large party where I don't know anyone is exhausting because I am actively processing my interactions with everyone, thinking through whether certain things are appropriate for this situation before I say them. Again, this isn't stressful for me, just tiring. The extroverts I know just do things and then change up based on people's reactions without really thinking about it actively. That is how I act around people I already know, who are not exhausting to hang around for extended periods of time.
I'm not knocking extroverts either, just saying that they are comfortable just acting without overthinking things first which works most of the time. Heck, when I have intentionally not thought about the situation it is not exhausting to talk to someone I just met and gone off their reactions. That took a lot of practice though, and has to be with people I doubt that I will ever see again for it to work. Again, not because it causes stress, but because that is how I process social interactions in a way that takes active effort which is tiring.
This is literally stress inducing. You say it isn't stressful and then describe being in a stressful situation. It's literally anxiety that is causing us to overthink these situations, and that is causing stress, which is exhausting.
A long hike or bike ride is tiring without being stressful.
Effort and stress are different things.
Effort and stress are intrinsically linked. High effort activity naturally activate energy consuming processes and negative emotional states like frustration and fatigue.
Effort isn't stress but effort inherently causes stress on the body.
A long walk or bike ride is stressful on the body. The stress created by physical exertion is what makes you tired.
No, what means the person has anxiety is the overthinking of a mundane social situation to the point it tires the person out from doing so.
Not necessarily. I think things through more than is necessary, like in a large crowd it is being very aware of a lot of things and actively thinking about small details that most people notice subconsciously. I'm not worried about what they think of me, it is just parsing a lot of information actively.
Overthinking can be a sign of anxiety, but it is not a 100% correlation.
I do get anxious when interacting with specific people I already know because they are terrible and I'm trying to avoid their specific brand of shittiness. In those cases I'm not even overthinking anything, just watching for signs they are going to dial it up.