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Acting Extroverted Intervention
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Last discussed Jun 25, 2026
A psychology research-backed technique where individuals intentionally behave in more sociable, talkative, and energetic ways for a set period, shown to dramatically increase happiness in both introverts and extroverts.
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Why Nobody Feels Loved Anymore - Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky · Jun 25, 2026
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Used for: Increasing happiness and wellbeing by deliberately behaving in a more sociable, talkative, energetic way
Praised: Produced the biggest happiness effects of any intervention in Sonja's researc...
vs: Compared to an introversion week (being quiet and deliberate) which produced ...
"We asked people to act more extroverted for a week — sociable, energetic, talkative. We found the biggest effects we'd ever found in any of our interventions. People in the week that they acted more extroverted were so much happier. Surprisingly, ..."
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