Can I get an AMEN?!

[nellherself]

Extroverts are easy for introverts to understand, because extroverts spend so much of their time working out who they are in voluble, and frequently inescapable, interaction with other people. They are as inscrutable as puppy dogs. But the street does not run both ways. Extroverts have little or no grasp of introversion. They assume that company,

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[sirvalence]

Yeah, I liked that article.

Since you've posted it, I suspect you might also enjoy something else I found recently: Psychology Today's "Introverts Corner" blog.

[nellherself]

Isn't it a bit weird to be promoting a social networking site for introverts?

Anyway I got some interesting responses to this article

I have taken to responding to "are you all right with?"

"I am THINKING"

Friend E says he prefers

"I am plotting your clearly necessary demise"
(he lives and works in the City where death threats are considered de riguer )

From Barbara California
"We introverts sometimes need a sign. Do not disturb silence is not a sign of something wrong I do not need fixed right now."

I would clarify that. We don't need a sign; the extroverts need a clue.

[le_trombone]

I sometimes think that introverts have no understanding of introversion as well. Maybe a variation of Tolstoy's line is necessary: Introverts are all alike; every extrovert is extroverted in its own way.

You may object with examples of internal monologue; I would respond by pointing out that we're discussing external appearances. And introverts can mistake introversion for surliness just as easily as anyone else.

[ferlonda]

Amen!