Previously punished extroversion can drive one so far into the habits of introversion that when one attempts to balance the self by ambiversion, sustaining efforts externally without external positive reinforcement and encouragement can lead one to feel too keenly deep levels of anxiety.
It then becomes a struggle for maintaining energy output to stay “out on a limb” as psychological muscles begin quivering in the silence of nonreceptivity to brave efforts given.
One’s survival mechanism of “conservation of energy” takes over, resulting in a snap-back reaction which leaves the venturer quaking in their own skin.
