For a lot of you "anti-socials"

The author of this article has also written a book on introversion. As an introvert myself, I found it to be a great read. The world needs both introverts and extroverts. They compliment each other.

Just google the 'power of introverts'

 

Thank you for the article!
I've always been a loner since I was younger, people just never clearly understood me.
And got picked on guess I dressed like a hippie...
Nobody ever gave me a chance, but I hope to meet a lot of wonderful people here.

 

I can't really relate to this, even though I'm really introverted by nature.

I'm not happier being alone. I'm usually lonely being alone. I prefer being around other people. I don't neccessarily like talking to other people all the time, but I like having human energy around me. I can sit in a group full of friends and be quiet the whole time, even going so far as to ignore them completely and read and write, and be perfectly happy. But I would rather be around people and ignore them than be by myself and not have anyone to ignore.

I don't know where this leaves me. An extrovert wrapped in the shell of an introvert? or maybe I'm just a really shy extrovert. Or a really outgoing introvert.

Or simply a codependent introvert?

 

I'm an introvert and I don't get much out of it. Like Melial above, I actually like being around people and don't like to be alone for a long time. Unfortunately, a lot of times I feel like I have nothing to say or have nothing worth adding to conversations which probably makes me come off as strange or stupid. It's not that i'm shy or socially retarded, it's just that one thing that ruins it for me. I wonder if it's just that some people don't have anything interesting to talk about anyway. There are people where I can have a good, meaningful conversation with but they seem so few and far between IRL, as opposed to online. Maybe I live in the wrong place?

 

Once I accepted myself for who I am I lost the urge to drink. I have been to rehab three times and it was nowhere near as effective as meditation and love and faith in God. I am now proud of the fact that I am an introvert because it has given me the time to think and figure out that I do have a special purpose and a lot to offer this world. I'm not as worthless as society tries to make me seem. Peace and love to all

 

I'm fairly anti-social and quiet. I don't say anything unless their is something that needs to be said. And quite frankly people enjoy that quality in me. I've really never been an "outcast" in any social environment because of that. Or perhaps I never gave enough of ah fuck to notice. Either way it all seems irrelevant. Every form of personality serves as ah wheel of function in the cognitive machine of man's awareness.

 

I Guess I Left My Run Too Late, The Article In The Guardian Has

Been Taken Down Because Their Copyright Has Expired....



Cheers Glen.

 

I had the idea growing up that having a lot of friends was better than not having a lot of friends. In fact I was into my 30s and 40s still believing more was better yet I was just as lonely. Than I started to develop very close friendships and enjoyed the level of discussion and calmer atmosphere and creating something that was meaningful. Finally I escaped the brainwashed concept from my adolescence. So I've experienced trying the life of both being an extrovert and introvert (never anti social unless I'm in a depression). Being in smaller groups is much more natural and sincere and preferred.