posted August 27, 2007 09:25 AM         

How true do you feel this is?

posted August 27, 2007 03:37 PM         

I was thinking the same thing mys-ELF, but glad you said it, you have such a way with your words & their meanings to you AG!!! NICE!!!!

posted August 27, 2007 04:44 PM         

IMO the constant struggle of communication between intros and Extros ends up in quite a heated battle sometimes. What people don't realise is that is mostly on par with miscommunication rather then intentional harm.

posted August 27, 2007 05:45 PM         

despite this she's always very popular...and since fear = respect hey, she has plenty.

She is certainly the exception!

Me? I dunno if I'm an extrovert, I'm certainly weird and blunt, and don't hesitate to open my big mouth. But sometimes I'm shy - well actually it's indifference or boredom or awkwardness...I guess that's what shy is.

In answering your question I doubt either understands the other

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However, I think extro & intro folk work well as a couple. One gets the spot light, the other is happy to applaud.
If they're both extro it's very likely one will resent/be jealous of the other. Two intro would either be dull or lovely.

posted August 27, 2007 06:35 PM         

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*Introverts will always understand what extroverts are about; but extroverts will never, absolutely NEVER, understand introverts

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posted August 28, 2007 12:52 AM         

I never become more extroverted when drunk, just puked.

posted August 31, 2007 04:24 PM         

The psychological definition of introvert and extrovert don't have to do with being outgoing or shy so much as whether you take your cues and actions from internal or external stimuli.

Introvert:
a. the act of directing one's interest inward or to things within the self.
b. the state of being concerned primarily with one's own thoughts and feelings rather than with the external environment.

Extrovert:
a. the act of directing one's interest outward or to things outside the self.
b. the state of being concerned primarily with things outside the self, with the external environment rather than with one's own thoughts and feelings.

I brought this up because someone commented about extroverts coming across like they're all about themselves, when actually, by dictionary definition, it's the other way around.

So, I think that oftentimes people confuse shyness borne of insecurity with introversion.

posted August 31, 2007 04:29 PM         

What BlueRoamer wrote sounds a lot like a person I know.

posted August 31, 2007 04:36 PM         

Introverts aren't necessarily people who have gone this way because of insecurity, though it may be true in some people's cases.

There is an inner nature in some people that they just need peace and quiet to contemplate; to be creative. How can one find their own voice or tune into that quiet, unseen ocean of inspiration, if they are constantly surrounded by distractive clutter and chitter-chatter?

posted August 31, 2007 05:24 PM         

I certainly can't deny that some people are introverts...a lot of people. And I didn't mean to imply that there's something wrong with being introverted either, or that being introverted is somehow inferior to being extroverted.

The world needs all kinds of people

posted September 01, 2007 05:22 AM         

that, speaking for myself, any of the shyness/ tendencies to insecurity are a result of the introversion- the main cause being the reasons I first outlined above.

So, whilst the insecurity thing isn't the reason for the introversion itself, it can come as a side-effect from having too much time alone; our social skills being like the brain or a muscle; you have to keep working them or they'll go weak .

posted September 06, 2007 12:07 AM         

Introverts are better at indapendant study and learning, instead of babling on about things and babling with other people

they'll be intrested in learning more about something that rally intrests them since they'll go into there corner and spend a lot of there time on the subject of interest.

posted September 06, 2007 12:18 AM         

For me personally, I'm a mixture of both. I'm introverted in the sense that I hide much of myself from others. Very few of my friends know that my first name is Becky, eg, instead think it's Jane (my middle). The reasons for that are complicated to explain and I just don't see a point in correcting it. But when a very close friend met my Granny, even she was confused why I was being called "Becky" and "Becky Jane."

At the same time, I'm also friendly, and keep a wide variety of friends and try to stay on good terms with my neighbors and the like. In that sense I'm an extrovert. I sometimes wear flamboyant styles (eg, mismatched stockings), though they're usually not at all flashy, just odd.