Extro-Intro, The Ultimate Swap

 As I read through “Quiet” by Susan Cain, I found myself relating to a lot of the topics. For instance, the biggest point that hit me was when Susan mentioned that many times people are introverts and don’t even realize it until something monumental happens in their life.  Also unknowingly having ADHD all my life may have had something to do with this but when I was younger I was always outgoing and outspoken and looked at as a leader by all my peers.  I was an athlete and was always very good as well as being very large for my age.  This continued all through high school and my first year of college until my girlfriend of 2 years broke up with me.  I basically just took a step back and looked at my life and what I wanted to do with it.  Ever since then I have had much different priorities, Before then I always wanted to go out and have fun all the time but now I find comfort in solitude exactly how the book described it. I would rather have in depth conversations with somebody I trust and I absolutely cannot stand small talk.   I still have trouble understanding how I could go from being an extreme extrovert to an extreme introvert based one simple reflection on my life but it happened.  It has greatly benefited my understanding of others though because I have been on both sides of the spectrum and as the book sates there are great benefits to being an introvert once one learns how to channel the strengths that extroverts do not have.