That isn't quite true, but it helps us to watch out for the turning point where one moves from the negative side to the positive side of the quality. A person is not necessarily stably in one state or another. Particularly, one is likely to drop to a less optimum state under stress. Like, not when she is in an argument or the house is burning, but when she is sitting casually talking with somebody. Always, be very careful with saying that any person IS something.
Nobody really IS their behavior or their apparent qualities.
They can always change. Presence Presence is the degree to which one has one's attention in the present here and now. Here A person who is fully here is focusing mainly on what is going on right now, not on the past or the future. Most of her energy goes into the moment. She is not spending energy lamenting over what she should have done, or what she should be doing now instead of what she is doing, or what she has to do in the future.