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Many people only feel fulfilled when they are around others. They could talk for days, have friends over forever, and can virtually go crazy if they need to be alone.

To the introverts’ ears, however, silence is the best music. Their biggest existential dread is crowds of people and they will do everything to stay away from them. Luckily, unbeknownst to our dear fellow extroverts, way too many people prefer to be left alone.

This Instagram page titled “Antisocial Memes” is a safe place to celebrate your introvert side, and chuckle at painfully relatable memes that sum up everything, including being awkward around people, that they go through every day.

To find out how exactly introverts' minds differ from extroverts’, previously Bored Panda spoke with Helen Marlo, a licensed clinical psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst who provides psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and consultation.

Helen, who is also a Professor of Clinical Psychology and the Department Chair at Notre Dame de Namur University, said that the key difference between introverts and extroverts “is in the characteristic and distinctive ways they direct and use consciousness and, consequently, how their attitude of consciousness impacts their psychic energy.”

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“An individual who becomes energized when their consciousness is oriented towards internal sources exhibits a more dominant introverted attitude while an individual who is energized when directing consciousness to external sources exhibits a more dominant extroverted attitude,” Marlo told us.

The psychoanalyst explained that introverts obtain more gratification from sources inside themselves. “They are typically described as more introspective, reflective, solitary, and oriented towards individual pursuits,” she said some time ago.

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However, Marlo believes that the common characterizations of introvert and extrovert personalities are often simplified. ”While the personality traits and activities ascribed to introverts and extroverts have some validity, frequently, such characterizations are overgeneralized and simplistic. For example, a frequent overgeneralization is that extroverts are not introspective or reflective while introverts are not social nor relate well to others.”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"No, no, I swear I know how to do this, can you please just give me a second to remember something I've successfully done every day for the past 6 years?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me? I'm great! Totally... great! What? I'm not crying. Why would you say that? Nope, I definitely meant for my eyeliner to smear like that.

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While we often believe we’re born introverts or extroverts, the research shows that it depends on a combination of factors: “What we are born with, along with what we experience in life, including influential relationships, our social and cultural world, life circumstances, stressors, and traumas,” Marlo said.

That being said, being an introvert is not just about avoiding crowds and preferring solitary time. Marlo believes that there are tremendous benefits of being an introverted person. “The consciousness of introverts, relative to extroverts, is more primed to absorb, reflect upon, analyze, endow meaning, and organize external material from fellow human beings as well as the objects of our external world.”

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Moreover, introverts help to make our relationships, with others and ourselves, as well as the events of the external world more meaningful. “Introverts enable us to learn from our experiences by inspiring reflection. Moreover, introverted attention fosters creativity, and when met with extroverted consciousness, it inspires innovation,” the psychoanalyst concluded.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have one very social daughter and one introvert. When the introvert lays down an insult or argument, it is pure gold!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Basically me. My brain tends to randomly decide that a random person I barely know is trustworthy and share my whole life story in about 6 minutes, while simultaneously choosing to avoid conversing with extremely trustworthy people I've known most of my life.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do people actually do this? Like, the only people I talk on the phone with are my brother and people my mom tells me I need to thank for birthday gifts.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes if you just stare blankly into space for a few seconds, then look back at them and say "wait, what did you just say?" you can avoid unwanted questions

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol reminds me this morning there was a delivery person walking past my kitchen window and i ducked because i didnt want to possibly make eye contact.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I relate to this cat. Not stuck just in my mind, off somewhere in my only little nook, in my own little world and someone comes along telling me I it's weird where I'm in and to come out to join the rest of the world. WHY??????

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Simple solution: avoid all human interaction, therefore eliminating any chance of being asked to do anything you're not comfortable with

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

RIP Linda Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023. EDIT: is not her in the pic

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me and my daughter. My daughter will have that same exact look on her face.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've found that if you just never react to anything ever, people not only don't expect you to laugh at their jokes, they also just leave you alone! The occasional glare can also speed up the process

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The print on the dresses, the all white sneakers and socks, the hair!! This is so 90s and so my childhood! 😊

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interviewer: let me tell you about this role. My brain: yippy yada doo laa lee loo. Some time later. Interviewer: so why should we hire you. My brain: lipety dippety hoo. My mouth: ima great listener...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I literally cried when my teacher said that we have to do a group presentation with new people other than are friends and that I'll fail the class if I don't participate

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I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be You could be my luck Even if the sky is falling down I know that we'll be safe and sound We're safe and sound I could fill your cup You know my river won't evaporate This world we still appreciate You could be my luck Even in a hurricane of frowns I know that we'll be safe and sound We're safe and sound (safe and sound) We're safe and sound (hold your ground) We're safe and sound (safe and sound) I could show you love In a tidal wave of mystery You'll still be standing next to me You could be my luck Even if we're six feet underground I know that we'll be safe and sound We're safe and sound I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be You could be my luck Even if the sky is falling down I know that we'll be safe and sound I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be (Can't fit the rest of the lyrics)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do talk, I argue with you alot..... it's only in my head But who's counting.. oh wait I am... score 11:2 yes you won an imaginary argument twice today but I had more wins so...

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, it DOES kind of feels like doing a plank with all the skin removed off your body. /s

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the best way to understand more about people and how they communicate. It's also how I found that not engaging is the best thing to do.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know where they got this picture of me, but I feel extremely attacked right now

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's me at work. I'm very sociable. They think I'm outgoing. Helloooo that's just WORK. After work, leave me the f**k alone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the lyrics from the songs I've been listening to start applying to my life, I would be hella concerned

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"So then I went to Pennsylvania to visit my aunt" "was this at thanksgiving?" "No, this was at Christmas" "well what did you do at Thanksgiving?" "I hung out with my friend." "Which friend, the one you met last September or the one who randomly ghosted you for 2 months then suddenly started acting like you were besties again?"

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Friend: It’s cold. Friend’s bf, with three damn scarves and big jacket: Well damn cuz I don’t control the weather.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not antisocial! I just really like sitting in corners while wearing solid black and super heavy eyeliner and glaring at everyone who tries to come near me...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve been given so many secrets that they’re all jumbled up so the risk of ever spilling them out is very low

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the way to do it. Boy, does it p**s families off though. My daughter's dad side, there's one guy who rarely shows up for family events. The family just gossips and assumes the worst. I've met him a couple times and he's a chill dude. I can understand where he's coming from.

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Me on the monday morning zoom call with my pre prepared speech about what I'm up to this week v me when I actually have to go into the office and converse in real life... Hey Nat how are you? Me: yes the weather is very weathery today isn't it?!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hahaha this was me for a long time untill i realized i was doing this, and worked on it. Still not perfect, but a lot better!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope, already in my staying home clothes. 'But you haven't changed' I said what I said.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I-i uhh can I get a number sweet tea with chicken strips to drink oh and add fries to that yep yep uhh fries large mhm no

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brains already taken me far far away after 3 words. Just praying they don't want an actual response

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you’re doing it for toxic people then it’s great, keep it up but if it’s for the normal friends in your life, I think it’s more than just introversion and you might have depression or anxiety

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happens even if I don't want it to. My dissociation has a mind that is completely it's own. I often have to fight it, especially if I'm driving.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That person from the past shaped the wonderful person you are today. Think of the progress you’ve made since then. You’ve grown a lot as a person so give yourself a pat on the back for coming this far

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually do wake up early. I just don't necessarily *get* up, unless I have to be somewhere.

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