I’m pretty much like that. My memory works from the generic towards the details, and has trouble recalling them without a way of getting there.
I have a great amount of interesting stories to tell, but when people prompt me for examples I often blank and give general answers like these. That’s often taken as that I don’t have anything interesting to share (or don’t want to), but if you ask me follow up questions I’ll recall more and more and make connections to other topics.
A friend of mine is the opposite, they can say “I’ll have to tell you about my weekend…” and then talk 5 minutes nonstop, whereas with me it’s more like a constant stream of exchanging thoughts back and forth.
In my experience, people of both conversation styles usually tend to stay among their own and don’t mingle a lot, because it can be hard to combine them. But it’s like most differences, it can be made work by exposure and mutual respect.
Even without a lot of money, power corrupts. Which is why rotation is important.