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How to Live with Introverts (PDF available!)
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Published: 2012-03-20 04:06:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1232930; Favourites: 14557; Downloads: 6322
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I thought a lot of folks out there could benefit from learning how to with introverted people.I drove my ex crazy by being introverted. He thought that I was being "distant" and "purposely ignoring him as part of a passive-aggressive power play". Here I was just enjoying his company without talking.
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I'm so happy for you to have this as a Daily Deviation....
must be such a great achievement...
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Now you made me feel like being unsociable isn't bad at all. Now I don't feel lonely !
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Taking a liking to solitude does not mean you detest the company of others. Thank you for this.
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oh yes silence! my near-constant companion! haaa
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This is beautiful! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together! It was witty and informative. It actually helps me understand myself a bit more, too. XD
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Thanks for explaining it. Sometimes, it can be annoying when people won't stop chatting with you even if you only want some quietness.
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And all this time, I've always thought I just a rude idiot who couldn't speak without making a mess of it! 
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Great! I should print these off and hand them to all my friends, lmfao.
Social contact is really exhausting for me, since I feel like I have to entertain, so I use all my energy up and it's tiring as hell... so I don't interact irl with people too much. Don't get me wrong, I love going out with a friend, or small group, but in small doses. ;v;
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Some extroverted people will give you lots of energy instead of taking it.
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I need to start linking this to all the people who ask me why don't I go out more.
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Haha, thanks for this 
Would it be okay for me to post this on facebook if I give credit to you for it?
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It's like we're so rare mammal and to get close to us you have to sneak up and be as small as possible so as not to scare us off. :\
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I like this a lot 
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I think I need to hand out this guide to various people.
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Saw this somewhere else. Cool pic, nice guide!
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Wow, that is certainly an eye opener for me. I now know why I act that way, lol.
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Can you be an introvert sometimes and an extrovert at others? Most of time I like to be on my own, I find social interaction - like this says - really draining, and I hate people invading my personal space unless it is on my terms. But other times, I feel ready needy for some attention from my friends and family and can be become loud and boisterous if that is what it takes to get it. It's lonely living in a bubble sometimes and I get restless, so I leave it occasionally to explore haha
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I have some characteristics of both. I am like an amplifier for "vibes". If i'm comfortable (and that's a big thing) I'll multiply the energy I take in. But yeah it is exhausting, too. I'm recovering from having bottomed out and run completely out of energy, foolishly trying to give from an empty supply. I've had to just be by myself until the deficit is paid and I start regenerating something to give.
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Yeah, I understand that. That's what I feel like. I guess I just don't class myself as an extrovert because I always imagine extroverts to be loud and like being the centre of attention and parties and stuff and that really isn't me. I could barely talk in class while I was in school, I'd freeze up. But, like you said, when around my friends and I was comfortable I came out my shell more heehee
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Sounds similar. I'm most comfortable with just me and one other person.
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being introverted doesn't mean that you can't be an "entertainer" and like to interact socially, it just means that you spend energy instead of gaining it from the interaction with others.
for me it means, that I like to spend time with my friends and family and I'm there for them, when they need me (since energy spend on them is never waisted), but afterwards I have to spend some time on my own, sleeping or doing something quiet to regain energy.
also just because you needs a bigger "personal space bubble" doesn't mean that you necessarily are introvert because of your nature, there also be other reasons why you act "like" an introvert. It can also be that you just overstimulate easily and learned keeping your distance because of that, but were actually born as an extraverted person.
look into HSP this may perhaps help you.
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Maybe, like I said to someone else who took the time to reply, we studied extroverts and introverts in my class and my teacher made it sound like you had to be one or the other. We did this quiz thing, the Eysenk questionnaire, or something like that (I can't quite remember), and everyone came out as clearly one or the other, bar me. Well my teacher used my test sheet, against my will, to show that anomalies happen and that some people can have 'unstable psyches', as I had the likeness of an introvert but the thought pattern of a an extrovert (I didn't really understand so please excuse me if I'm talking total BS) and I've felt really awful about it ever since. I mean, I was never bothered about it until then, I thought I was just shy. I wanted her to clarify what she meant, but I was too scared to ask haha. So when I saw this on DA, I was hoping maybe I'd gain a little more insight. Thank you anyway, I'll look it up. You've put my mind at ease that I'm not weird.
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that's just being neither an introvert nor an extrovert. that's being "normal". (despite popular belief, being "normal" is not a bad thing). most people are extroverted and introverted depending on the mood. extroverts can't be introverted and introverts can't be extroverted. let me put it this way; most have a bubble they go out and in of at different times. extroverts don't have a bubble and introverts can't leave their bubble. I hope this clears things up.
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Yeah. I did psychology at school and we did a topic about introverts and extroverts. My teacher made it sound like you were one or the other, and all me peers seemed to understand and agree that they were either one or the other. But the whole time I was panicking that there must have been something wrong with me because I didn't fit into either category. Thanks haha. It would be nice to have something normal about me for a change
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lmao this is the second time i stumbled upon this thing and i thank this art for helping me understand introverts and their hamster balls
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This is perfect. I have such a hard time explaining this to people sometimes. This sums it up pretty nicely.
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I love how the personal space is illustrated with a hamster ball
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you sure do know how to explain it
more people should know about this, they don't understand the personal space at all, gets me frustated >.>
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This helped me & my husband a lot. Thank you so much!
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Wow I should (must) make a tee-shirt of that!
"don't enter my hamster ball!!" - "I don't have energy for you!!"
This is perfect! Thank you!
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Holy shiz! This is describes me perfectly!
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Amazing guide! ( Of course, for people around me! )
I'm an introvert.
So, this is how I express my feelings:
I'm an Artist 01
I'm an Artist 02
I'm an Artist 03
I'm an Artist 04
But this is really amazing...
And one more thing I would like to mention is, "whenever introverts makes friends, they really mean that friendship more than anything".
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This is SPOT ON, love it (and my hamster ball)
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Hamster balls for everyone!!
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It's true! We do get lonely, ad we do (some of us at least) appreciate hugs!
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yeah...but on our terms and not with everyone. :I
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