Any introverts out there?

by wings 53 Replies latest jw friends

  • wings
    wings
    but I prefer to be alone, and it' s how I "recharge my batteries".

    Exactly! That is why I can't get enough of it. I am always drained. I feel like in my life I am playing baseball with a basketball.

  • Crumpet
    Crumpet

    Another question to add then to introverted claimants:

    Do you think you are too introspective because of your chosen isolation?

  • changeling
    changeling

    You "inies" might enjoy this book: "The Introvert Advantage", by Marti Olson Laney

    changeling

  • Bourne
    Bourne

    As an Introvert myself, I tend to agree with the scripture that basically states that "anyone isolating him(her)self, seeks their own selfish longing." BUT, I think that there is a BIG

    difference between being introspective (which, by the way, not enough people do) and being hedonistically (is that a word?) selfish.

    Also, I too have found that since separating myself from the collective, I am woefully inept at times in social situations, but I'm getting better.

  • frankiespeakin
    frankiespeakin

    Acording to the Myers-Briggs personality test(http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm not sure if this was it) I took a couple of years ago and I'm a "introspective introvert".

  • Crumpet
    Crumpet

    According to that test I am a "distinctively expressed introvert"

    In other words FREAK!

  • R.Crusoe
    R.Crusoe

    Explain yourself !:

    Introverts and isolates

    introspects and ponders

    So those who see your plights

    Insist whilst out of sight

    Explain yourself!

  • Finally-Free
    Finally-Free

    I'm not introverted. I associate with my bird as much as I can, and I usually initiate conversation with him.

    W

  • R.Crusoe
    R.Crusoe

    So are we saying introvert is within the normal range, a positive or a negative?

    Or is it the position of one expected to explain themselves to those declaring themselves not having to?

  • SacrificialLoon
    SacrificialLoon

    That test on the other thread said I'm an INTJ, and every time I take it that seems to be the result.

    I prefer staying home and watching the History Channel to going out. I guess I'm just a boring and dull person to most. When I do go 'out' I try to be social, but it's not easy, and people are not too forgiving of social awkwardness as they will usually quickly find someone more interesting to talk to. I think I'm getting better, but it's still frustrating.

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