I think you nailed it RIGHT there Bliss Sage!
There is this very thing line between Introvercy and Shyness. I myself am a introvert, but I'm not shy, to be honest I'm quite a social guy, I enjoy being with fun people, and most of the time I'm the one who keeps the story rolling.
But I can really relate to the "sometimes I just keep to myself"-part. Part of my daily business is having deep thoughts, it's just who I am, and I like philosophize. There aren't many things I haven't thought of yet, but that doesn't mean I always want to talk about it.
Sometimes I can get in this talkwave, and I just can't stop. But on the other hand I also have a lot of moments where I'm just sitting with people and I just can't be bothered to open my mouth or do anything, I just really feel like "being" (and don't take that as a spiritual intention). Often I can feel the tension coming from other people who are feeling the social pressure "to talk or not to talk", and then I have the choice, social as I am, should I start the convo and ease the other person, or should I just keep quiet. And most of the times I just keep quiet, since I don't feel like having a talk and just want to be in my own internal world.
It's a current trend to have all the introverts convert to extravert, cause when you're social, you're also successfull right? And just a while ago I read an article about how wrong this idea is. Why would we even want to have only extraverts, when it's the introverts that bring the unique ideas to the plate. When the introverts are the one where creativity flows.
I think it's appropriate to state that extroverts are the "do-ers", the people who make things happen, who are promoters etc etc, and the introverts are the ones who think about concepts, bring the ideas.
Luckily I'm quite balanced between my social character and my introvert being, but I can really imagine some people who don't have this balance and are real hardcore introverts, can get quite some suffering in their life.  |