by Michaela | Nov 30, 2015 |
Have you ever had an extroverted family member who really didn’t get your introversion? This might have made family events uncomfortable, the holidays pure torture. Maybe you’ve thought that life would be less complicated if you were born into a family of...
by Michaela | Nov 14, 2015 |
Introverts are annoyed by a lot of the things that extroverts get all giddy about. This can lead others to believe that we are “party poopers” who are hard to please. Really, we just feel bent out of shape from trying to conform to the extrovert ideal all the time. So...
by Michaela | Oct 20, 2015 |
The two most common fears people have in relationships are engulfment and abandonment. Usually, it is one or the other. We fear being swallowed up by another, dissolving into the relationship. Or we fear the opposite. We are terrified of being left behind. The...
by Michaela | Sep 30, 2015 |
Many introverts find fun and friendship in the company of extroverts. We have extroverted family members, colleagues, friends and partners. We might love the extroverts in our lives – or at the very least, lovingly tolerate them. As much as we appreciate our...
by Michaela | Sep 2, 2015 |
Introverts are known for spending a lot of time inside our head. We have a mind that is constantly humming with ideas, and dreams. Often, our thoughts get so loud that we don’t notice anything else, including our own body. We are like bodiless brains that float around...
by Michaela | Sep 1, 2015 |
The idea of consistent energy is like a white unicorn for most introverts. We’ve heard of it. We’ve fantasized about. We might have even caught a glimpse of it in other people. But somehow consistent energy evades us. This is especially frustrating because we know...
