introvert.

hey there,

Hope everyone is being safe, I'm going straight to the point.

I am going to talk about someone who has an introvert personality, I fall into that category (I almost said "sadly I fall into that category) but society is the reason why I feel like being an introvert is a bad thing when In reality it's not but we will get into that soon. To have an introvert personality quoting from the internet is "when a person keeps his / her thoughts and feelings to himself/herself. Introversion does not often let a person seek inspiration or contentment from an outside source. For that matter, the person is enough in himself/herself. He/she is his/her own friend." I partially agree with that as an introvert I can say that I do not need people to feel good or to have a good time, I enjoy my alone time by the fact I need my alone time because that is how I recharge my social battery. After I hang out with a group of people you will find me alone for a while trying to recuperate from all that energy that I've spent but however I need a friend. I am not sure if all my friends understand how much I need them at times. Some days are hard and I feel like giving up on some things and I may cry because I am human.

Being an introvert doesn't necessarily mean someone who is always alone and keeps everyone away. Just because I am quiet doesn't mean that I am shy or that I am stupid. I am reading a book about being an introvert to understand myself better, the title is "quiet the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking" by Susan Cain I recommend it if you're trying to understand yourself as an introvert or your introverts friends and family. Basically, I read that being an introvert has its downside in the sense that our quietness makes us seem less smart in a room surrounded by extroverted people who speak way more. As an introvert, you may have a really smart idea in a group but you don't share it because simply you're afraid and it's like stepping outside your comfort zone, this happens to me a lot and I used to question my intelligence or beat myself up over it because I feel like I let fear have too much control over me. Now I understand that as an introvert it is totally normal and I agree that there's a time to talk and a time to stay silent but now If I stay silent in a group setting I understand why and I will not question my intelligence because of it. 

Most of the time parents do not want their kids to be shy and stay to themselves, they want their kid to be outgoing and to have a lot of friends. Honestly, I would want that for my kid but I would not force him to interact with others or to change who he is, I would simply provide a very safe environment for him to grow and to feel comfortable enough to let himself be free whenever he is ready. The world needs more introverts who take pleasure in who they are and who can prove to society that we are in fact powerful in our ways. We may be quiet but our world is not small, we can discover a variety of things in our alone times. We have the power to be so focus on a particular subject that we know everything we need to know about it.

As a kid, I was really shy and I did not have many friends. I was always reading a book alone in my room or in the garden (one thing introverts feel connected with nature).  Believe me, I was happy because I was being myself but now that I've grown I am less shy, I interact with strangers, I read less (which is bad). All this to show that being an introvert is not a bad thing...