Originally posted by CynicalDrivel
I'm to mercurial to be labeled either way.

Being Bipolar, I can get away with being both at the same time. Try that on for size. Being a Taurus also helps.

I'm an introvert, my husband an extrovert. He has to always be at a concert or sporting event while I hate the crowds and confusion. I am most happy at home with family enjoying quiet times. I loved looking at this list. Thanks for the thread!

I think our society praises extroverts over introvert's forcing people to act differently than they naturally feel. Basically extroverts get their energy from other people and the outside world. While introverts prefer to get their energy from deep thought within.

Totally ME !! , thanks for this

Now I feel more proud to be this way.

Thank you so much! Describes me perfectly!!
I've always been amazed that I'm called rude by people when I won't stop reading to
tell them WHAT I'm reading (look at the front cover idiots!) and what it's about!! lol
Oh and I'm an INTP as well....figured there'd be alot of us here at ATS!

Good find and some interesting reading. It's amazing what people will attribute to people that they 1) judge someone visually and 2) don't really know them.

Anyway, thanks for the interesting read.

As an introvert myself, I have to say that is pretty straight on. My dad used to always tell me, "A closed mouth is a wise mind." I think this may have contributed to my introversion, but I don't necessarily regret it. I must say that an introverted person isn't as likely to have as many date or to get married as an extroverted person is, but that is the price that one pays for that life style.

I get so irritated when there is a mass murder or something of that nature, and the first thing the culprit's neighbors say is, "Oh he/she was a loner, really weird." What? So, if a person is a loner or an introvert that means their potential for violence goes up 10-fold? Bull#....

Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
I must say that an introverted person isn't as likely to have as many date or to get married as an extroverted person is, but that is the price that one pays for that life style.

Quallity is to Quanity as Introvert is to Extrovert

I read a great book years ago on innies and outies. Doctors, and professionals categorize introspects as if they are ill or need treatment, yet for years, pschologists, have mapped the brain and done some big studies.
Roughly 26-27% of humanity is consistently born introspective, as I am. The brain chemistry is completely different for an outie and an innie. They've mapped the thought paths and the chemicals used. Outies, have the feel good chemicals when they're in crowds, and its a short path to express themselves. Innies, go into Fight or Flight Responses, and are overwhelmed by those same brain chemicals, and need to prepare ahead of time for outings, then rest up and replenish themselves from wtihin, for a days afterwards, or they can break down, its overwhelming.

Outies tend to think that innies are not observant and out of it, in gatherings, because they're quiet. They're very wrong. They have a different path for their thoughts, it goes through a more complicated route to the frontal lobal, and through centers relating to sorting, analyzing and memory. The biochemicals employed are those in elderly patients, relating to memory, so they are not "out of it", but cross referencing all the information they are receiving and connecting all the dots, and anlalyzing deeply. In fact, they are called the master analyzers, and planners. When they do speek they usually blow the others out of the water with their deep thoughts and connections.

It was a really good book, I can't find it currently online. But I highly recommend it to anyone. My children are also introspective, and I shared much of that with them so they would accept themselves and develop their strengths early on.

Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
As an introvert myself, I have to say that is pretty straight on. My dad used to always tell me, "A closed mouth is a wise mind."


Also, when you think of "foot in mouth" ... 'a closed mouth gathers no foot'.