Introvert Or Extrovert?

[macbeth]

Just wondering which one would you class yourself and has it had an impact on your recovery/healing? Personally I am an introvert and it has a massive impact on my ability to ask for help and increase s my isolation. The worse my symptoms the more I withdraw. Just curious. :hug: s to all. :)

 

[expectingbetter]

Good question!
I am an extreme introvert. Which makes a consequence that almost none of the people in my surrounding have even idea about what I am going through. I simply can't force myself to explain anything to anybody.
I think being an introvert is much tougher when dealing with lots of demons from past and the presence. Everybody assumes you are fine enough when you are dying in the inside. That leads to further problems, they expect you to be able to do things and I am so stuck that I can't even move from this point.
But I can't help myself, I am going to the therapy and hope for the best :)

 

[mary1979]

I think I'm naturally extroverted, but experience in life has taught me people are more tolerable when they aren't so 'in your face' so I've toned it down somewhat in adulthood

 

[Deleted member 33023]

There is an interesting Ted Talks about Introverts and Extroverts. It talks about how introverts are made to feel left out or forced to be introverted by school (desks pushed together, group projects, ect.) and in workplaces. Introverts are more careful, methodical and better at analyzing but because of how society views working together with people all the time, introverts are forced to be outside their comfort zones.

I'm right smack in the middle of this spectrum. It depends on what it is. I can hide forever or I can be brought out to speak my mind too.

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

@Hopeful2me , do you mean the book "Quiet" by Susan Cain? The book was extremely interesting to me.

I am an introvert. However, I do have a desire to become a public speaker of sorts and I will speak my mind at times and I will go to places where there are large groups of people. The difference for me is I have to put a whole lot more energy into those sorts of activities because I am working against what my introvert brain is telling me.

I am not sure how it has effected my healing process. My immediate thought was that I don't reach out to too many people, but I wonder if I would anyway. That's a hard question to ponder.

 

[Deleted member 33023]

JEKBreatheandBelieve, lol reading a book right now is super hard. I can only handle bits and pieces but the video is

really really informative in a way I could understand.

 

[Ronin]

Introvert.

As in I loove people. And socializing. (As a nature, not as in PTSD & other fun derailing my socialization at the time.)
But while inspiring (at times), people are not where I can refuel, or do. I need my time alone & with nature & I need a lot of space to keep balanced.
So gaining more energy from time alone, than time with people.

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

JEKBreatheandBelieve, lol reading a book right now is super hard. I can only handle bits and pieces but the video is

Loved that video! It's what got me to start reading the book, which is a long read. Took me at 4-6 months to finish it, but I did find it really interesting.

 

[ladee]

I am an extrovert , hands down.. Can talk to anyone. Not shy. But the other side of that is craving my alone time, which I take more and more time now. Being in really large crowds kicks my anxiety into overdrive, which is PTSD.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

Introvert and it's taken me a lot to ask for help :(

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Outgoing extrovert, but looking from outside I was being completely introverted because of PTSD symptoms. Recently getting better

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Intorvert, without a doubt and always have been.

I keep everything in, i dont talk a lot in real life about anything personal (feelings, emotions, trauma etc) and when the waves of bad emotions come I dont talk at all.

I hold everything in and take it out on myself. I self isolate and I try to become part of the wall if around others.