Introvert, Care thereof

[nlbarber]

This article on Caring for your introvert is a great short reference for lots of things I've learned about myself. Posted for future reference, and for any of you extroverts who've done the "Are you sick? What's the matter?" routine to one of us introverts who was just minding their own business. <g>

Comments

[trixtah.livejournal.com]

Good article, although I take exception to the notion that the introverted are "oppressed". Misunderstood too often, most certainly.

Thanks for the pointer!

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

It's a lot like being lefthanded (which I also am), IMHO. It's just that the world is set up for righties and extroverts, and it takes a lot of extra energy and willpower to swim upstream against it. Righties and extroverts don't understand this. It's not that it's deliberate or anything, just that they don't understand what it's like and tend to vastly underestimate the issues involved.