I certainly come off as an ambivert sometimes, but I am easily worn down by being out and about in big crowds, so I'm actually an introvert who can appear extroverted if I need to. I do best on my own. Additionally, it's bull that introverts don't like to talk. We just don't like to talk unnecessarily. I could go on for days talking about subjects that interest me.
In Myers-Briggs Type Indicator tests I usually come out INFP, or some variation of INxx. Today, I am... INTP. Interesting.
That said, society does value the extrovert far more, because they're the ones who have no problem walking right up to a stranger and chatting, or going to parties or the club all night. The idea of doing those things sound exhausting to me. Extroverts are the type that can go out and be in a club, at a bar, schmoozing with the boss, talking to non-friend co-workers about their lives, or something like that... without trouble. I can do it...for a very limited amount of time, but after a while it just begins to wear me out.
Are You More of an Introvert or an Extrovert?
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Have you always considered yourself a little bit on the introverted side? Well, it's your time to shine, according to Susan Cain, author of the new book, "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking."
"It's a waste of talent and energy and happiness when we design society in such a way as to favor one over another," Cain, who spent five years studying introverts and extroverts, told USA Today, suggesting that until now, the blabbermouths have ruled the school.
From junior high to reality TV, it does seem like our society favors outgoing people -- and the literature suggests that extroverts are psychologically healthier than introverts, personality psychologist David Watson of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana told the paper.
But sometimes, it pays to be quieter and more reflective. "If you want to do something that requires sustained performance and paying attention for long periods of time, introversion is beneficial," psychologist William Revelle of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., told USA Today.
Watson says about 70 percent of people are somewhere in the middle between introverted and extroverted, and about 15 percent are at either end of the spectrum. But psychologist Judith Sills of Philadelphia says you're pretty much born the way you are. "We came out of the womb more or less one way or the other," she told USA Today.
Want to get your head around intro- and extroversion?
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Now go away ................
I was picked on and bullied and harrassed until one day I found my voice and used it to stand up for myself > Once I did that, I stopped being a victim. I felt so impowered, I couldn't stop with just standing up for myself, I had to speak up for others too...and haven't stopped since.
While my natural tendency is to be introverted, I work at being more extroverted. Me and my mouth are well known but that's ok because being able to communicate uninhibitedly, I'm more able to help others, and get things done that need to get done. I find doing so makes me more happy and content than when I was too quiet and kept to myself.
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I like to keep to myself and rather do things by myself.
The book 'Quiet' looks very good. Thanks for the introducing it.