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Introverts: What’s Really On Our Minds
I’ve posted a lot of things about introverts, but this easily is the best of them all. I was going to paste some favorite excerpts here, but I would have the whole article!
h/t Fish
Socializing is as exhausting as giving blood. People assume we loners are misanthropes just sitting thinking, ‘Oh, people are such a bunch of assholes,’ but it’s really not like that. We just have a smaller tolerance for what it takes to be with others. It means having to perform. I get so tired of communicating.
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Anneli Rufus from “Party of One:The Loner’s Manifesto” by Anneli Rufus Yeah, communication really is tiring. It’s crazy via pantherprincess |
I’ve posted about Introverts before, but this is very good. All 10 describe me to a T
Study Sheds Light on What Makes People Shy | livescience.com
A fascinating read!
The brains of shy or introverted individuals might actually process the world differently than their more extroverted counterparts, a new study suggests.
About 20 percent of people are born with a personality trait called sensory perception sensitivity (SPS) that can manifest itself as the tendency to be inhibited, or even neuroticism. The trait can be seen in some children who are “slow to warm up” in a situation but eventually join in, need little punishment, cry easily, ask unusual questions or have especially deep thoughts, the study researchers say.
The new results show that these highly sensitive individuals also pay more attention to detail, and have more activity in certain regions of their brains when trying to process visual information than those who are not classified as highly sensitive.
The study was conducted by researchers at Stony Brook University in New York, and Southwest University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, both in China. The results were published March 4 in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
The sensitive type
Individuals with this highly sensitive trait prefer to take longer to make decisions, are more conscientious, need more time to themselves in order to reflect, and are more easily bored with small talk, research suggests.
Previous work has also shown that compared with others those with a highly sensitive temperament are more bothered by noise and crowds, more affected by caffeine, and more easily startled. That is, the trait seems to confer sensitivity all around.
The researchers in the current study propose the simple sensory sensitivity to noise, pain, or caffeine is a side effect of an inborn preference to pay more attention to experiences.
They first used an established questionnaire to separate the sensitive from the non-sensitive participants. Then, the 16 participants compared a photograph of a visual scene with a preceding scene, indicating whether or not the scene had changed. Scenes differed in whether the changes were obvious or subtle, and in how quickly they were presented. Meanwhile, the researchers scanned each participant’s brain with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Sensitive persons looked at the scenes with subtle differences for a longer time than did non-sensitive persons, and showed significantly greater activation in brain areas involved in associating visual input with other input to the brain and with visual attention. These brain areas are not simply used for vision itself, but for a deeper processing of input.
Role in evolution
The sensitivity trait is found in over 100 other species, from fruit flies and fish to canines and primates, indicating this personality type could sometimes provide an evolutionary advantage.
Biologists are beginning to agree that within one species there can be two equally successful “personalities.” The sensitive type, always a minority, chooses to observe longer before acting, as if doing their exploring with their brains rather than their limbs. The other type “boldly goes where no one has gone before,” the scientists say.
The sensitive individual’s strategy is not so advantageous when resources are plentiful or quick, aggressive action is required. But it comes in handy when danger is present, opportunities are similar and hard to choose between, or a clever approach is needed.
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I’ve known these for a long time, but I have found that many people still don’t know exactly what introversion means. This article provides a very good explanation.
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I just realized why I like movies so much.
I’m an introvert, so although I love being around my friends, it drains me after a while. But “quality time” is also one of my love-languages. What to do? But I realized that even though watching movies together isn’t really “quality” time, it is still time with friends, which makes me feel loved, but without draining the introvert side of me, because there’s not a lot of personal interaction.
I think that’s why I love having people over to watch movies.
So, who’s coming over tonight?
It’s OK to lose your self to thoughts occasionally. Introversion is important.
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I hope so; I do this for at least a half-hour every night. People looking in my windows probably think I’m dead via isgabi |
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I’ve discovered my thoughts on this were right,
I’m pretty sure I actually am an introvert.Here’s one of the definitions I’ve found for it.
Definition:
Contrary to what most people think, an introvert is not simply a person who is shy. In fact, being shy has little to do with being an introvert! Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people.
Introverts are more concerned with the inner world of the mind. They enjoy thinking, exploring their thoughts and feelings. They often avoid social situations because being around people drains their energy. This is true even if they have good social skills. After being with people for any length of time, such as at a party, they need time alone to “recharge.”
When introverts want to be alone, it is not, by itself, a sign of depression. It means that they either need to regain their energy from being around people or that they simply want the time to be with their own thoughts. Being with people, even people they like and are comfortable with, can prevent them from their desire to be quietly introspective.
Being introspective, though, does not mean that an introvert never has conversations. However, those conversations are generally about ideas and concepts, not about what they consider the trivial matters of social small talk.I’ve always been a little confused about my own extrovert/introvert tendencies because when I’m around a group of people, I can get really animated and energized by it. However, I burn out quickly… I guess that makes me an introvert.
