Introvert Versus Extrovert . . . When & Why "Just Being Yourself" Doesn't Work!
Introvert Vs Extrovert At the end of September 2013 my husband and I returned from a five month trip to Kaua'i island. Upon returning to Buffalo NY (where we were living at the time), we found that our priorities had changed. It became clear to me that human relationships are really the “stuff of life”. Lytenian and I both identified as “introverts” our entire lives, but in late 2013, I began thinking of myself more as an “extrovert” for the first time. An introvert is someone who “fuels up” or “gets their energy” from being alone. When enough energy is stored up, an introvert can be socialize, which “drains” them. For an extrovert, the opposite is true. Socializing gives an extrovert fuel, and being alone drains them again. Growing up the definition I heard was simply that introverts prefer solitude, and I identified with that. But why ? I now have a surprising answer to that question. Humans are naturally social, but we turn introverted and solitude-see...
