الوسم: personality.Talk

Write about your own personality.Talk about

If so, do you tell this person he is "too serious," or ask if he is okay? Regard him as aloof, arrogant, rude? Redouble your efforts to draw him out?

If you answered yes to these questions, chances are that you have an introvert on your hands-and that you aren’t caring for him properly. Science has learned a good deal in recent years about the habits and requirements of introverts. It has even learned, by means of brain scans, that introverts process information differently from other people (I am not making this up). If you are behind the curve on this important matter, be reassured that you are not alone. Introverts may be common, but they are also among the most misunderstood and aggrieved groups in America, possibly the world.

I know. My name is Jonathan, and I am an introvert.

Oh, for years I denied it. After all, I have good social skills. I am not morose or misanthropic. Usually. I am far from shy. I love long conversations that explore intimate thoughts or passionate interests. But at last I have self-identified and come out to my friends and colleagues. In doing so, I have found myself liberated from any number of damaging misconceptions and stereotypes. Now I am here to tell you what you need to know in order to respond sensitively and supportively to your own introverted family members, friends, and colleagues. Remember, someone you know, respect, and interact with every day is an introvert, and you are probably driving this person nuts. It pays to learn the warning signs.

What is introversion?

In its modern sense, the concept goes
back to the 1920s and the psychologist
Carl Jung. Today it is a mainstay of
personality tests,
Introverts are not necessarily shy.
Shy people are anxious or frightened or
self-excoriating in social settings;
Introverts are also not misanthropic,

introverts are people who find other
people tiring.

For introverts, to be alone with our
thoughts is as restorative as sleeping,
as nourishing as eating.
Our motto: "I’m okay, you’re okay"

introverts
no doubt be a calmer, saner, more
peaceful sort of place.

The only thing a true introvert dislikes
more than talking about himself is
repeating himself.

Introverts are described with words
like "guarded," "loner," "reserved,"
"taciturn," "self-contained," "private"
narrow ungenerous words, words that
suggest emotional parsimony and
smallness of personality.

Female introverts,must suffer especially.
In certain circles, particularly in the
Midwest, a man can still sometimes get
away with being what they used to call a
strong and silent type; introverted
women, lacking that alternative, are
even more likely than men to be
perceived as timid, withdrawn, haughty.

I suppose this common misconception
more reflective, more independent,
more level-headed, more refined,
and more sensitive than extroverts.

We tend to think
before talking,

Introverts don’t outwardly complain,