I am totally the black sheep of the family. And I've never really fitted in anywhere at all. I've actually always been interested in holistic therapies as a kid, which is what I've ended up doing. My soul kinda knew what I wanted to do but it took me a long time to catch up with that actually. To truly find my place and find where I'm meant to be in the world.
Read MoreIntroverts are often misunderstood. People make assumptions about introverts that often are just not true. Introverts and extroverts see and experience the world differently. Even some common words we all use have different meanings to an introvert than they do to extrovert.
Read MoreI’m not sure if you’ve noticed this to be true for yourself, but sometimes introverts can be a bit slow to react to things. It’s not all the time, but sometimes we just need to process for a longer perid of time than other people need to. We either need to think it over more, or our brains need more time for things to click.
Read MoreAs introverts, we love being in our heads. We have such vivid imaginations. We love to think through things, create stories, and try new things. I sometimes feel like it’s harder for introverts to do certain things because we always only have one foot in the present. I know I always have other things going on in my head, like big dreams of how I want my life to be, traveling, and writing fiction books. If my mind and body aren’t engaged enough in the here and now, my mind will wander.
Read MoreThere are a few things that introverts have a hard time explaining, or things that other people tend to take personally. One of the biggest things I find hard to explain is that all people are draining no matter what. For a lot of people, those that they find draining are for a reason, such as that person is selfish, boring, or needy. It’s someone who they don’t want to be around or wouldn’t be around if they had the choice.
Read MoreIn season 1 of The Introvert’s Bubble, I had an episode about misconceived and preconceived notions of what introverts are like. I thought I would add a couple more that have been popping up lately and I have found particularly strange. These connect to the ones I mentioned last season, but have been added to. They think it makes the sayings more true for some reason. An example: “you’re a woman…” or “you’re a minority,” so you must be blank. These are the type of things that make you go “huh?”
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