Why Introverts Are Prone to Sadness and Ruin

FlyRy

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I've always been an introvert.

In high school i just wanted to play ps2 and xbox online games.
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It drives my wife crazy sometimes because she is an extrovert but I do my best.

I fukking hate small talk and just wanna watch my movies and TV shows or listen to my music or podcasts.

I dread more than anything the quarterly mandatory work meetups after work at the bar
 

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Real talk, Ive come to realize the only way Ill be happy, is if I pursue my passions and find a community where I can thrive.

I still know I have enough intelligence and ambition to navigate an extrovert path

and when I graduate, I can't rule out living the 9-5 life. But hopefully, if luck swings my way, I find a good music technology program and/or put my talents on the market, I can link up with some artists
 
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how do i find my INTD or whatever them letters mean thingy
 

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Great post. There's nothing more I hate than an extrovert saying in front of others, "Why are you so quiet?" Society looks at introversion as negative, rather than respecting that some of the greatest thinkers and contributors to society have been introverts. Often, we're simply not interested in the superficial conversation occurring around us. Like OP said, we have different motivations. I typically only engage in these types of conversations if I've been drinking. Otherwise, I'm observing and analyzing my surroundings for a multitude of reasons. I refuse to conform to what the extroverted world expects of me, but I'll certainly observe it, analyze it and integrate strategies into my daily life to exploit the system, in order to achieve the success I want.

There are huge drawbacks too. I only have so much outgoing, positive energy to expend each day. If I engage in too much conversation or am overwhelmed with stimuli from the world around me, my brain starts to shut down and my energy can quickly turn negative. Like OP said, drinking and drugs are probably more for introverts because we think too much and thinking can be a dangerous thing that you want to turn off a lot of the times.
 

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I am very self motivated and have a big imagination but im far from being sad or depressed about my surroundings. I do hate the things in our current world (and the current state) but i dont dwell in it too much. I just keep it moving. Great post OP
 

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Introverts fukk themselves up when they resist their natural inclinations to be introverted, if you know you're an introvert be an introvert, don't try to please society and follow fads, do you, the minute an introvert tries to be something they don't want to be because of societal pressures they start feeling bad because it's like paddling up stream, stay in your lane and accept who you are. Stop trying to be something that you're not because you're insecure in your life choices
 

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Naw you still wrong b.

The world is perfect for introverts now.

Never before could you work from home on a laptop, send emails instead of cold calling and going door to door to make money.

Post on an online forum and talk to other introverts :mjgrin:

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If you aren't fulfilled, it's not because of the world.

It's because you don't understand yourself. Dont confuse depression/soul searching for introversion.

You don't understand with introversion is.

I am not talking about communicating with people...I am talking about internal motivation vs. external motivation...why you keep bringing up people and being a hermit...

That's not introversion...that's just being a hermit. Introverts are not anti-social. Introverts are not anti-people.

Introversion really has nothing to do with avoiding people or communicating with people. It's not shyness or social awkwardness.

It's about people you are independently motivated to act, and people who are dependently motivated to act.

Lol who the fukk besides a hermit truly wants to sit around all day, talking to people on the internet. Or be locked in a room playing a videogame. Or work from home. Or be inside reading a book while the rest of the world is spinning.

Introverts want to be around people...introverts have no problem with communicating with people in person, introverts have no problem with being around people. Introverts have no problem going outside.

Introverts and Extroverts have no differences in interacting with people.


Introverts adopt solitary behaviors as a coping mechanism to deal with external motivation. Through solitary activities, you control the outcome, you control the definition of success...you get to lead yourself. Since the world is very much extroverted. People leading other people. People dictating the success of other people. People setting goals for other people. That is draining for an introvert. Introverts are clinically proven to be more unhappy than extroverts...because of the drain that external motivation has on introverts. Then the drain requires an introvert to recharge by doing self-directed solitary activities.

Brains of introverts and extroverts are very much different. The rewards and punishment we get from interacting with the outside world is different. Introverts actually absorb the outside world faster and with more intensity than extroverts...despite extroverts being the "social butterfly".

Introverts are like cats, extroverts are like dogs...

Dogs have masters, cats don't.

What introverts would like...is a world where they can be in tune with their own motivations... and live their life without requiring the coping mechanisms of solitary behavior to recharge...

But we have an idea that has been permeated throughout our institutions, that people need to be led and manipulated and controlled and handheld through life...
 
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