Misconceptions

If there’s anything in the world that bugs us most are judgments derived from preconceived mindsets.

The introvert’s misapprehensions. Welcome to our world.

A huge misconception that commonly exist about introverts is that we’re shy. There is fine line between introversion and shyness. Introverts decide when they feel like interacting and when they don’t, it’s just that most of the time introverts prefer their own subtle time of personal solitude. For those who posses the trait of shyness, it’s not an option for them. Massive social interaction poses as a dominant trepidation towards shy people. Introverts deal with that differently, we normally remain on the sidelines and observe but if you’re lucky you’ll have a chance to witness us sharing the same enthusiasm as the party crowd. The truth is that it’s mostly exasperating and draining to be in a crowd for the introverts.

This leads us to one conspicuous trait that separates us introverts from the extroverts, the difference in energetic enthusiasm for social interactions. Extroverts may feel exceptionally energized and alive when it comes to this. Unfortunately the expression ’the more the merrier’ just fails to comply with the group of introverts.
Don’t get us wrong though, we’re not anti-socials and we do not hate people. Introverts do enjoy company, just not too many at a time. We love hanging out and talking but not at a bar or an ecstatic party. The less noise, the better. Just quiet down, have a seat and we’re more than willing to have a conversation.

Lay off the calls and texts a little.
Introverts enjoy deluding themselves in deep conversations but that doesn’t come often. It’s especially exasperating for introverts to constantly reply short and unimportant text messages or pick up calls only to hear the other person ranting about random and unrelated issues. We enjoy it, believe me, just not too frequent. This would explain un-replied text messages or awkwardly short-lived calls.

Now there is one thing that really gets at us introverts. We’re commonly misunderstood and regarded as arrogant and stuck ups. We’re not. Although we don’t smile or socialize as often as anyone else would doesn’t mean that we discriminate your presence. We enjoy our personal solitude and love listening to our own thoughts. We observe a lot more than we speak and although we don’t always exhibit our emotions doesn’t mean we’re down or we don’t experience emotions. Introverts are more compelled to internalize thoughts and emotions than to outwardly express it like the extroverts. Our minds work differently.
We're definitely not arrogant. Well, most of us.

Introverts may appear socially dormant but we do have a circle of friends. We may be acquainted with an infinite network of people throughout our lives but we’re more compelled to a preference of a few really close friends rather than flooding our lives with a multitude of people with constant socializing. As I’ve said, we enjoy deep conversations over random chit-chats but that doesn’t mean we don’t have them, we do, only less often. Also, losing a friend leaves a more profound impact in an introvert’s life when compared to an extrovert. It takes time for introverts to recover from a lost of a friendship and readjust to their social lives.

Ultimately, I find introverts to be the most commonly misunderstood people. So do us a favor and spare us from social denigrations. Try quieting down and see what happens. It’s an entirely different world through the mind of introverts.