So, its come to my attention that not many people know what an introvert even is... which is honestly shocking. I thought everyone knew what it meant to be introverted. In this post, Im also going to be touching on extraversion, shyness, and anxiety... this should be fun. When someone is shy, its a social fear of being judged. People are who are shy can be either introverted or extroverted. When someone is extroverted, it means that there is less stimulation in their brain stem, and vice versa for introverts. This balance is kept by socializing. Therefore, extroverts needs to socialize mroe to meet their optimal point, and introverts... are pretty much already there. Of course, its different for everyone, but these are the two general groups. There are also people caught in the middle of this [terrible] scale. Too little stimulation, and you get bored and depressed. Too much stimulation, and you get stressed and exhausted. Anxiety is a mental disorder in which you are more prone to releasing stress hormones in situations that appear threatening (of course, which many different subcategories). People with anxiety can also be shy, and can be either extroverted or introverted. People with anxiety cannot control their feelings and can be easily stressed and tired out in the most simple of situations, even in just sitting in a room with a few other people. You can feel everyones eyes just glaring at you, staring you down. I myself am an introvert with anxiety (also depression, but thats for another time). I prefer keeping to myself and just a few close friends, but those friendships I consider to be powerful enough to consider family. Too much noise or stress can leave me tired out... hell, just one day of school is enough to make me collapse. And big parties... oh good lord. People often mistake these things for shyness, but... yeah, no. Im sorry, thats not how it works. I could stand to trust myself more, not think that everyone in the universe hates me, and not consider myself an awful human being and an idiot, but... eh, one step at a time. So, if youre reading this, and you know someone who is an admitted introverted or who has anxiety, please take it seriously and understand where theyre coming from. The best thing to do is to learn about these things for yourself and try to empathize. And teasing them about these things will only make it worse, trust me. We already live in a society run by extroverts where people who are introverted or anxious are kinda... well, screwed over. Please dont contribute to that stigma. Now excuse me while I go scream at myself for this useless P.S.A. and call myself an attention-seeking moron and deadbeat. https://youtube/watch?v=LxZ1fPr9FJg on introversion v. extroversion https://youtube/watch?v=QDnIFiqNnWU on social anxiety
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:23:54 +0000
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