im sorry u had to type my whole name but quiescent i just did it too
but i was pretty nd some time ago too
i dont really know what exactly changed and i dont even know if i was ever supposed to be nd in the first place
but i did take improv when i was a kid and having that experience of being really nt and funny as a kid helped me
like first the mindset u have might be true but it wont help u at all bc saying no or trying to block out another person during a conversation is fundamentally bad. like when someone replies in a thread dnr it completely cuts off communication. bc wtf am i supposed to say now? u should run with things no matter how wacky they are and add on ur own personality to it (the concept is called yes and).
u need to be vulnerable and add ur personality to the conversation to have a good one. if u dont, u either block out the other person or u can run the risk of blocking out ur own creativity. bc if ur trying to pick and choose ur words too carefully, u will just block out very major things abt u.
those r just a few things hope they helped