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It is extremely important to note that thereโs no โ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณโ side to be on. Both ends of the spectrum have their advantages and disadvantages, but by understanding where we fall on the scale we can address areas in which weโre perhaps lacking.โฃโฃ
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While many of you many be familiar with these terms as they relate to your relationship with other people, but thatโs only part of the story. โฃโฃ
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๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ: for Introverts, the inner world is the โ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅโ, and for extraverts, the external world is the โ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅโ.โฃโฃ
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What does that mean? It means that this is the place where you are most at home.โฃโฃ
Introverts are put in the position of constantly filtering information and calibrating it to what they know to be true internally. This can be quite taxing after a while, and time to themselves becomes a necessary reprieve.ย โฃโฃ
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On the other hand, Extraverts feel the most โ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆโ when they are interacting with their environment. As a general rule, variety is stimulating and the more people they come in contact with, the more interesting it all is. Too much time to themselves leaves them bored and restless, and they need to interact with their environment to โ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆโ.ย This doesnโt always require people โ simply going for a walk, getting out-and-about or studying interesting things can be enough.โฃโฃ
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The exception to these points is when you have a good friend, child, or significant other. Everyone ends up making space in their inner world for this person, so they no longer represent part of the environment like other people may. For introverts, that other person no longer is at odds with their internal world, as they have their own place there and donโt drain the introverts energy. For extraverts, spending too much time with that person can feel like being alone and propel their desire to get out into the world (intending no insult to that person). Just two sides of the coin. โฃโฃ
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๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. โฃโฃ
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Introverts are typically thought of as reflective, private, and thoughtful individuals. โฃโฃ
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Extraverts are assertive, gregarious, adaptive, happy humans with a tendency to take risks. โฃโฃ
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We are complex beings though, and multi-faceted. โฃโฃ
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Personality constructs can also be shifted to portray one or the other despite intrinsic preferences during times of extreme prolonged stress, or due to environmental constraints. โฃโฃ
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Making it more complicated, individuals can fall on the extremes of either spectrum โ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ โ but most people generally have strong preferences for one or the other, but fall in between and exhibit traits of both. โฃโฃ
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The research is preliminary, but we do have some neuroimaging studies that allow us to dig a little deeper into these differences in the brain. They show clear differentiations in cerebral blood flow in between the types. Extraverts display more subcortical neostriatal and dopaminergic, rather than cortical dominant as seen in introverts. Introverts showed more activity in the brain regions associated with learning, motor, and vigilance control. Extraverts show more activity in the brain regions associated with emotions, behavioral regulation, and sensory input. โฃโฃ
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๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. โฃโฃ
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An extravert might think nothing of picking up the phone to have a spontaneous chat with someone. โฃโฃ
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However, if the person on the other end of the line is an introvert, it may well be considered completely nonsensical (I know my friends can relate here, sorry yโall, I swear I still love you).โฃโฃ
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A conversation-loving extravert can overwhelm an introvert with too much information. The overstimulated introvert can come across as disinterested when, in fact, they simply feel overwhelmed.โฃโฃ
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Let us know where you fall on the spectrum! โฃโฃ
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