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what an introvert is:

  • someone who gets their energy from being alone and can get exhausted from being around people for extended periods of time

what an introvert isn’t:

  • low self esteem
  • hatred of people
  • social awkwardness

“I crave space. It charges my batteries. It helps me breathe. Being around people can be so exhausting, because most of them love to take and barely know how to give. Except for a rare few.”

—Katie Kacvinsky

“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your own worst enemy. The good news is, we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.”

—Laurie Helgoe

“So many people are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully, if only you were interested in them.”

—Sylvia Plath

“Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and it takes me a while to adjust.”

—Kazuo Ishiguro

“An introvert may feel asocial when pressured to go to a party that doesn’t interest her. But for her, the event does not promise meaningful interaction. In fact, she knows that the party will leave her feeling more alone and alienated. Her social preference may be to stay home and reflect on a conversation with a friend, call that friend, and come to an understanding that is meaningful to her. Or she might indulge in the words of a favorite author, feeling a deep connection with a person she has never met. From the perspective of a partygoer, this introvert may appear to be asocial, when, in fact, the introvert is interacting in a much different way.”

—— Laurie Helgoe (Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength)

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“Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your own presence rather than the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.”

—Alice Koller

“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful. But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we’re down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy? ”

—Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
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