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I know we've talked MBTI here before, but here's my story: We had to take an 'official' MBTI as a part of my assessment class. Our results came back yesterday and I scored as an introvert. Interestingly, I didn't score as introverted as I am because I tried to correct my answers as I went to look more extroverted. For whatever reason (cultural, etc) I have believed that being an introvert is really less desirable. I've tried really hard to be extroverted. I can 'act' like an extrovert because I know what that looks like. I wish I was more socially gregarious. I'm just not.
So yesterday, our professor had us break up into two groups as a class. Introverts and extroverts. Each group went to one side of the room and we had to figure out what we liked about being introverted/extroverted, what we wish was different, and ... what bothers us about introverts/extroverts. LOL. Immediately, the differences in the groups were clear. We introverts sat quietly in a very small group talking about being able to be comfortable being alone, enjoying quiet, not needing the company of others to feel happy/okay. The extroverts? The group was so loud that our professor had to remind them to "ssshhhh". They talked about the benefits of being charged in the company of others and having easy conversations and how annoying it is to be with an introvert where they felt like they had to drag conversation out of them. It's funny, but because I prefer more quiet and less talking, I have the opposite response. When I'm in the company of others I feel like I have to carry on a conversation in order to not make them feel uncomfortable, so I often talk or bring up topics not because I want to talk, but because I want to ease their discomfort of us not talking. LOL
Last night was the first night that I felt okay with being an I though. I realized that there are a lot of people who feel the way that I do and that it's okay to just be how I am instead of trying to be more E to fit in with others.
What do you like about being an I or E? Are you comfortable with this or do you try to be more introverted or extroverted than you really are?
Kris
I know we've talked MBTI here before, but here's my story: We had to take an 'official' MBTI as a part of my assessment class. Our results came back yesterday and I scored as an introvert. Interestingly, I didn't score as introverted as I am because I tried to correct my answers as I went to look more extroverted. For whatever reason (cultural, etc) I have believed that being an introvert is really less desirable. I've tried really hard to be extroverted. I can 'act' like an extrovert because I know what that looks like. I wish I was more socially gregarious. I'm just not.
So yesterday, our professor had us break up into two groups as a class. Introverts and extroverts. Each group went to one side of the room and we had to figure out what we liked about being introverted/extroverted, what we wish was different, and ... what bothers us about introverts/extroverts. LOL. Immediately, the differences in the groups were clear. We introverts sat quietly in a very small group talking about being able to be comfortable being alone, enjoying quiet, not needing the company of others to feel happy/okay. The extroverts? The group was so loud that our professor had to remind them to "ssshhhh". They talked about the benefits of being charged in the company of others and having easy conversations and how annoying it is to be with an introvert where they felt like they had to drag conversation out of them. It's funny, but because I prefer more quiet and less talking, I have the opposite response. When I'm in the company of others I feel like I have to carry on a conversation in order to not make them feel uncomfortable, so I often talk or bring up topics not because I want to talk, but because I want to ease their discomfort of us not talking. LOL
Last night was the first night that I felt okay with being an I though. I realized that there are a lot of people who feel the way that I do and that it's okay to just be how I am instead of trying to be more E to fit in with others.
What do you like about being an I or E? Are you comfortable with this or do you try to be more introverted or extroverted than you really are?
Kris
You should read "Quiet" 
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