It isn't something one necessarily wants to be, it's simply the nature of born introverts. And I'm quite certain introversion arises from a constellation of innate traits, based on personal...
It isn't something one necessarily wants to be, it's simply the nature of born introverts. And I'm quite certain introversion arises from a constellation of innate traits, based on personal experience and observation.
No amount of desensitization makes it comfortable to emulate liking close physical contact with strangers, or diminishes the effort of social interaction - it's not like training a muscle.
I can fake it, after years of failing and learning. It's just extremely exhausting for me to do it. Introverts are, allegedly, a minority, but even if they're a minority, they still make up a huge...
No amount of desensitization makes it comfortable to emulate liking close physical contact with strangers, or diminishes the effort of social interaction - it's not like training a muscle.
I can fake it, after years of failing and learning. It's just extremely exhausting for me to do it. Introverts are, allegedly, a minority, but even if they're a minority, they still make up a huge amount of people, so I really don't get why society still finds them so weird and their non-extrovert behavior so unacceptable.
I guess faking it was exactly what I was speaking of, but it's beyond exhausting, verging on literal agoraphobia the more crowded, loud, and invasive a place tends to be. A random hugging from a...
I guess faking it was exactly what I was speaking of, but it's beyond exhausting, verging on literal agoraphobia the more crowded, loud, and invasive a place tends to be. A random hugging from a new acquaintance feels more like a mugging. A crowded train or elevator requires some breathing exercises and a long spell in a quiet room afterwards.
Given the article, I can't imagine what life is like for strong introverts in very densely populated places. Helsinki, Finland has 1,400 people per square kilometer, but the average for the country of Finland is 17; Macao and Hong Kong are over 20,000 people per square kilometer.
I wasn't aware of Finnish Nightmares until this article, but it was an instant "My people!"-style moment of recognition. I grew up in one of the cold, dark, thinly populated, rural parts of the world, where people are more generally reserved. I now live in a moderately busy beehive city and have been struggling to get back to the quieter place for a decade.
It isn't something one necessarily wants to be, it's simply the nature of born introverts. And I'm quite certain introversion arises from a constellation of innate traits, based on personal experience and observation.
No amount of desensitization makes it comfortable to emulate liking close physical contact with strangers, or diminishes the effort of social interaction - it's not like training a muscle.
I can fake it, after years of failing and learning. It's just extremely exhausting for me to do it. Introverts are, allegedly, a minority, but even if they're a minority, they still make up a huge amount of people, so I really don't get why society still finds them so weird and their non-extrovert behavior so unacceptable.
I guess faking it was exactly what I was speaking of, but it's beyond exhausting, verging on literal agoraphobia the more crowded, loud, and invasive a place tends to be. A random hugging from a new acquaintance feels more like a mugging. A crowded train or elevator requires some breathing exercises and a long spell in a quiet room afterwards.
Given the article, I can't imagine what life is like for strong introverts in very densely populated places. Helsinki, Finland has 1,400 people per square kilometer, but the average for the country of Finland is 17; Macao and Hong Kong are over 20,000 people per square kilometer.
I wasn't aware of Finnish Nightmares until this article, but it was an instant "My people!"-style moment of recognition. I grew up in one of the cold, dark, thinly populated, rural parts of the world, where people are more generally reserved. I now live in a moderately busy beehive city and have been struggling to get back to the quieter place for a decade.