The Balancing Act of Ambiversion
Introverts and extroverts have long been two sides of the “personality type” coins.
One prefers alone time, the other relishes and recharges hanging out in groups.
Extroverts make snap decisions and introverts think carefully before speaking and acting.
One group is fond of independent work while the opposite thrives in team-settings.
If they two were punctuation marks, one would be a period and the other an exclamation mark.
I could go on and on because there are thousands of articles written about the two and even more written about the ways to approach an introvert for friendship, how to date an introvert, and even how to care for an introvert when they are (inevitably) feeling down. But there’s not much out there for what to do when a perceived, or self-identified extrovert person isn’t feeling, well, extrovert-y.
“The worst distance between people is misunderstanding.”
As a mostly extroverted individual I am left flapping in the wind when it comes to self-care. As for the people who don’t think extroverts have the same range of emotions, off-days, need for time alone, and low points depending on what’s going on, I’m here to tell you — that’s just not true. I even wrote a piece exploring whether…
