naturalplastic wrote:
My opponent, in this election is....a shameless extravert, an admitted Homosapien, and his wife is a known thespian!
As Twice said above its more of adjective than a "label". And its quite useful.
If the issues is that you think the adjective itself as having some kind of stigma then thats ridiculous. Whether you are an introvert or an extravert its like whether you're right handed, or left handed. Either way its nothing that any sane person would be ashamed of.
Being labeled a "PER vert" is something else though. But I digress.
Extravert just means you're outgoing and socially oriented. An introvert just means that you're more inward oriented, and like that.
But if the issue is accuracy, and not shame, then thats something else. Ive taken the Myers Brigg test more than once in my life. It judges you along sliding scales. I always get "introvert", but have gotten progressively more towards the mean (moved more towards the extravert direction) over time as scored on the test. And both things seem accurate (that I am an introvert, but gotten less exteme over time).
I feel like I’m right in the middle, which is more important than being an introvert or extravert. I act like an “introvert” because I find most people patronizing and annoying. Introvert is a convenient label because people can just say I don’t hate everyone and I’m just a huge introvert. When I get into interactions where things flow and people aren’t being patronizing I turn into an extrovert. Or maybe that’s just the way I naturally am and I’m forced to be an introvert. Too bad I’m too awkward to find a lot of satisfying interactions. Maybe feeling like everyone is being patronizing towards me is anxiety or paranoia. Either way that isn’t the same thing as introversion.