Outgoing Introverts

[stellarmuse]

That makes me one too. I can relate to all the points.

I used to be very shy but the early days of my career required public speaking so I had to get over that.

It doesn't mean I'll be the first one to strike up a conversation though.

 

[hashtag45]

nice to see some other threads as well.
for the last few hours on 'General' - it was starting to look like rl. porn out there

 

[CyranoJ]

I'm naturally an introvert (and how), but like a lot of such people learned to act like an extrovert through various life necessities. Given my druthers, though, I'd much rather be at home with a good book (or a good literature site).

 

[hashtag45]

I became an introvert as I leaped into adulthood, but not in a good way. (I am referring to the other side of the coin meaning neuroticism rather than the need for quiet reflection discussed by posters) .
I think I was born an extrovert, until society drilled into me the things that made me an introvert (be good, smile nice, look nice etc).
Now that I'm older, I am trying to reconnect with that .

 

[pfflyerhot]

Like a T... the description fits me... I'll be darned. I got the phone thing... bad.

 

[hashtag45]

Like a T... the description fits me... I'll be darned. I got the phone thing... bad.

haha not exactly what I meant but pun noted

 

[Liar]

I'm naturally an introvert (and how), but like a lot of such people learned to act like an extrovert through various life necessities. Given my druthers, though, I'd much rather be at home with a good book (or a good literature site).

I tend to think of social interaction the same way I approach getting on a rollercoaster. If I didn't have a tendecy for vertigo, it wouldn't be half as interresting.

 

[Recidiva]

In the Myers-Briggs scale I consistently peg about 98% on the introvert scale.

Introversion is often associated with social anxiety, but it's not that, for me. I tend to want to be physically near the people I choose to be near. Crowds of people I don't know can be exhausting unless I shut down my sensitivity to expression, tone of voice and content.

I monitor people, a lot. Eventually it makes me very tired, so for me it's more about processing capacity. At a certain point I'm done. Also if I'm stuck processing an incredibly boring person my brain is very unhappy and will check out and start thinking about the story I'm planning to write.

 

[Noor]

I became an introvert as I leaped into adulthood, but not in a good way. (I am referring to the other side of the coin meaning neuroticism rather than the need for quiet reflection discussed by posters) .
I think I was born an extrovert, until society drilled into me the things that made me an introvert (be good, smile nice, look nice etc).
Now that I'm older, I am trying to reconnect with that .

If I don't get out much I revert to a regular introvert, that is why I practice and do things like go to sci fi conventions, steampunk events, art things and sell merch for friends.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm an introvert, that said, I believe introverts are both autistic and sociopaths. We cant be around people who summon our devils, and most people summon our devils.

 

[Noor]

I'm an introvert, that said, I believe introverts are both autistic and sociopaths. We cant be around people who summon our devils, and most people summon our devils.

I would agree with the autism and/or aspergers but not so sure about sociopaths.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I would agree with the autism and/or aspergers but not so sure about sociopaths.

When I went thru school psychopaths were defined as those of us who march to the beat of a different drummer, that is, we weren't conformists or rigid or obsessive. Sociopaths were evil and usually criminals.

I just now read an article where the diagnoses are ass over teacup different. Psychopaths are now criminals (white collar) and sociopaths are blue collar criminals from black homes....racism made them mean spirited, they were born lovely spirits.
Whites are born evil and bent.

 

[Noor]

I am not a criminal...

 

[BlueNebula]

I personally identify as an introvert. I also think that I may have some autistic markers though I am not entirely sure what they may be due to the fact that I've only gone to a psychologist once, and it was for depression.

I think introversion is a sign of mental abnormality. Be it slight and barely beyond shyness to debilitating aversion to others and so on.