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23 Aug 2017, 12:28 am

As I read this article, it resonated with me, and possibly will do with a lot of our introverted members here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... rt/302696/

PS - Yes, I know that not everyone on the spectrum is an introvert, though many are..



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23 Aug 2017, 6:20 am

Didn't read the whole thing, but I did quite like this quote:

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a minority in the regular population but a majority in the gifted population


Somehow I can't help but feel like there's a lot of truth to that statement. Not to say extroverts can't be gifted, but I think the general difference is that extroverts are really only gifted in one area, whereas introverts may have several of those areas.


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23 Aug 2017, 9:43 am

B19 wrote:
As I read this article, it resonated with me, and possibly will do with a lot of our introverted members here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... rt/302696/

PS - Yes, I know that not everyone on the spectrum is an introvert, though many are..


Nice article, thanks for posting!



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23 Aug 2017, 1:46 pm

America is a very extroverted-culture. For decades I thought my introversion and shyness was the cause of my difficulties because I had no idea that is how my Aspergers-Autism presents itself.


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23 Aug 2017, 4:23 pm

I was the quiet student who sat in the corner with a book in hand whenever I could, and my favourite place was the library - it still is. In the article I really resonated to the adaption of Sartre's famous "hell is other people" to "hell is other people at breakfast".

A badge saying "please do not converse with this introvert until mid-morning at the earliest" would be very useful, though if an extrovert saw it early in the morning, he or she would (probably) immediately start a conversation, "why don't you like speaking to people in the morning? I hate having breakfast alone.." They aren't good at picking up on hints from intros!