I think I am an introvert. I enjoy quite evenings at home rather than go to a crowded party. Excellent article about a confusing topic.

I am an introvert. I hate being in crowded places. I hate noisy places. To loud or high pitch noises literally hurts my ears. Like when my daughter hums. I literally cringe, as it causes me pain to hear. I am not good in social settings. I am told I am too quiet or am stuck up because I won’t talk. But would rather sit back and watch everyone instead. Much of that has to do with my hearing issues.

Susan, there are some people who fall pretty much in the middle (ambiverts.) But Susan Cain also talks a lot about people who are introverted and who have been taught to act like extroverts. I guess the best test for that is not so much how you behave, but rather how you feel and think.

A true ambivert would sometimes find it energizing to be with others, to be in loud places, to engage in highly competitive activities, etc. The ambivert would also sometimes find comparison with an external standard or receiving positive feedback from others to be as important as (or more important than) any internal sense of “rightness.”

I’m not sure whether that link has been studied, Deb. I Googled “introversion depression anxiety” and wasn’t able to find anything scholarly. It would be interesting to see someone look into rates of depression and panic or anxiety disorders in extroverts vs introverts.

On the one hand, it could be we’d see lower levels of both types of disorder in introverts because we can function well with lower levels of dopamine. But that could also work against us if we end up functioning with less dopamine than is necessary to prevent depression. A similar question would come up with acetylcholine: if we’re more sensitive to it, does that mean we could experience symptoms of anxiety or depression at much lower levels than for extroverts?

Great line of questioning! I hope you’ll be able to suggest research in this area to someone who would be interested in following up on it.

Thank you Kim! You need to post a profile picture. I will support you in all you do.

Thank you, I also read the holy Bible as a Roman Catholic faith defender.At least you can teach others whose faith is weak.

Thank you Shelly for all your support. Join the community is great!!!

The fruits of the spirit how true. Love, peace, joy you name it all the good qualities that one would like to have. And I also agree with the saying that goes love your neighbour as you love yourself. Everyone deserves to be treated in a good way. No one wants to be maltreated. But how can we be able to love everyone around us without hating one or two. Yes it is very posse or if you ha the love of Christ within you it’s all possible. This is divine love indeed, it’s not easy to love someone unconditionally even when they do you wrong. You will always lament and look at it as being unfair when you have to forgo a them at some point. But that is what love is all about, it doesn’t keep a record of wrongs, it doesn’t keep grudges it knows no bounds so love without conditions or bounds and you will love happier.

Those who have in God in tough and critical situation God helps the man who have trust in God. Reading the whole holy books I conclude that there are two things to know on earth: Trust in God and Fear of God’ These two words make for every men heaven on earth.

But see people have lost trust in God and fear of God have left human hearts these days men are making crime against human beings and nature knowing not this that nature takes revenges and its revenge is very dangerous on earth.

If someone trains his soul so from the soul will spring love, faith, hope, goodness and so and so. It is a very difficult thing in practical life.

May God award us two things on earth: trust in God and fear of of God.
Say all Amin!

Thats is what’s needed in our broken world today. Its crazy nobody and i mean no body cares for there neighbor, not even a family member. We have become a selfish materialistic, money hungry Godless world. Its a shame. wow the fruit of the spirit, were is love I’m calling, were is peace I’m looking, were is joy I’m feeling. The only way to fix this problem is to pray to the all mighty and ask him to change the hearts of men.

There are times during anyone’s career when it’s preferable to stay quiet, and avoid confrontations or drama. And, there are other times when staying quiet may be the easy thing to do — but not the right thing.

You may be put in a situation that requires you to speak up for the good of the company, yourself, or another employee. Your job could be put in jeopardy by not speaking up. You could simply be doing yourself a disservice by not speaking your mind, and letting others know just how you feel. Here are 10 of those times. In these situations, speak up, and do it quickly.

Youth violence and crime affect a community’s economic health, as well as individuals’ physical and mental health and well-being. Homicide is the third leading cause of death for youth in our country. In 2012, more than 630,000 young people ages 10-24 were treated in emergency departments for injuries sustained from violence. 1

Each neighborhood and community has unique experiences with violence and different resources available to them. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to preventing youth violence. However, communities can help reduce youth violence by developing a city-wide strategy that combines prevention, intervention, treatment, and re-entry strategies. The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention is working with communities to design these strategies.