Introvert's personality needs calm, minimally stimulating environments. We regain energy by spending time alone. It doesn't mean we are angry or depressed.
1. Highly Sensitive People who Introvert's are described as noticing every little detail & things that others miss., A lot. When coming to notice when someone's voice changes from up to down, not making eye contact when suspecting someone is being dishonest and so many other little things we notice is part of the Highly Sensitive Person. We overanalyze every situation
2. You can be a HSP and be an Extrovert however, research tell us 70 *% of Highly Sensitive People are INTROVERTS.***
***Since coming to to Healthunlocked 2 months ago I realized how many Introvert's their are, like myself, and decided to research further. I was surprised at some of the information I found out that happen to me daily, that's part of being a Highly Sensitive Person, which I just discovered I am. (Not an introvert but an HSP/Introvert***
3. Uncontrollable Volume Control..loud voices, music, movies, theatre, your neighbor's teens music, concerts, mostly things you can't control, are a complete assault on your hearing and your mind.
4. We are NOT Agoraphobic. We are NOT afraid of other social spaces. What we need is time to regroup, have peace, be in one with ourselves and recoup from being out in a large group setting, ie., wedding, funeral, meeting, conference , Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc..even time with our family...it doesn't matter.. It's exhausting to us to be out in crowded situations. We suffer from frequent exhaustion.
5. Having strange unexplainable reactions to violence, cruelty and the inspiring & beautiful: watching scary movies, podcasts, news, commercials on cruelty to animals, reading scary books, stories, newspaper stories are absolutely abhored by the Introvert who's an HSP., Seeing inspirational movies that leave us in tears, Hallmark Commercials, Art, Music, books.,
All these above will leave us thinking about either // for for days. Another assault on our system. It can effect our sleep as well this becoming irritable
6. We don't want to be alone all the time. We do like being with people we know we'll, we just need periodic quietness to decompress and regain energy from over stimulating/socializing ourselves.
7. Time constraints/ running late completely upset us, putting us over the top
8. We aren't party poopers..we may likely be quiet at large social gatherings however we like sitting in the back, observing, listening, taking in sights & sounds..we are curious and like to learn about our world. We may engage in small talk as long conversations bore us and tire us
9. We don't want to disappoint others when asked to go out however the Introvert in us wants to stay home
10 We are not Gloomy Gus's who dislike other people
11 We are not being rude
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πI'll be adding more as I continue my research as some of you have asked me to as I continue to learn more about the Introvert personality π