Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Introvert is my world
When
I looked at the book Quiet: The Power of
Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, the only thing I could
think about was Psychology class and learning the meanings about introverts and
extroverts. Although psychology has played a major role with discovering the
meaning of each word in depth, I could see in the introduction of Quiet that this book was going to make me
understand in more detail what the true meaning of each really is. When looking
at the small twenty true or false prediction of who you think you are with
introvert or extrovert I could see myself becoming both which states that is
called an ambivert. I know I might not
be the only one here but I have never heard of this before. So being in the
world that we are I looked this word up on Google which we wouldn’t have if it
wasn’t for a person that was introvert by the way. Ambivert is a person who can
handle both a group of people and likes to be alone sometimes. I feel that I am
the kind of person that enjoys being around people but on the other hand I love
being home with my cat and lizard reading a book and drinking a nice hot cup of
tea. Although when the author talks about how extroverts can "function
without sleep" this makes me question my answers on the list of true or
false because I am not the person to bother if I have lost sleep. Also the
author states that extroverts "place big bets" and I have to be
completely honest I do not take lots of bets on anything even if I know I could
win because that’s just not my personality. So again I am rethinking maybe I am
not an Ambivert and I am just an Introvert instead. I did want to go to a small
university that let me be in a twenty person classroom so I was able to talk in
front of the classroom. Don’t get me wrong I can talk for days if you listen
but when I have to talk a lot of people and with a PowerPoint behind me and
being judged on top of that I start shaking and unable to comprehend what I
prepared a couple weeks ago and this is why I feel I am more likely an
introvert kind of girl.
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I also was considering the fact that I could be an ambivert. I too quite enjoy the company of others but also enjoy my alone time. There were few things that persuaded me that I was indeed an introvert. I realized that when I am socializing with people, I much prefer being with small groups. If there are five or more people talking together it just seems like too many for me. Too accompany that, I feel like I could be alone for days and it wouldn't bother me. I am very content being by myself and rarely find myself in a dire need for socialization.
ReplyDeleteHi Chrissie,
ReplyDeleteI also thought of psychology class when first reading this book. Although I consider myself introverted after reading your post I somewhat question if I am not more on the ambivert side as well. I can handle being in social situation and do not find the need to constantly avoid them, but I normally enjoy my time more in solitude. I can relate to you saying that you came to a small university for the comfort of small classrooms. Thanks for the enjoyable post!