If you are introverted and socially shy, then your social skills may not be very good, so using your intelligence to navigate the Internet allows you to create an image that may not be very accurate, but that gets you social contacts - it’s like you can kind of live a lie or a fantasy on the Internet.

Robert Cloninger

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The people who try to use it are the ones who are going to be the most vulnerable to being shamed and attacked and rejected and not being able to handle crisis well, you’ve got this paradox of the people most likely to use it are the ones who are then going to be most vulnerable to its dangers.

Robert Cloninger

That just doesn’t give you real intimacy; it doesn’t build your capacity for trust and confidential relationships that are really deep and honest.

Robert Cloninger

The people who try to use it are the ones who are going to be the most vulnerable to being shamed and attacked and rejected and not being able to handle crisis well, robert Cloninger’ve got this paradox of the people most likely to use it are the ones who are then going to be most vulnerable to its dangers.

Robert Cloninger