People often ask introverts "why are you so quiet? You should talk more. Smile, life's not so bad." Being an introvert I find it not only a silly remark but also a very off-putting one. I never ask the extroverts...
Introversion is commonly looked upon as some kind of malaise from which we need to be cured when quite the opposite is true. Being reserved and reflecting is how some people work best as we don't talk to think. Instead we think to talk. And we don't need to be "cured".
I've also been told, "I'm going to bring you out of your shell." Would it be appropriate for me to answer to the talker,
"On the contrary. I'm going to put you in a shell."
Introverts have a way of being alone and being very happy about it. I, for one, like to eat alone. I like going to the movies alone, I like to watch TV alone, I like to fish alone. Generally, I like being alone most the time. Sometimes I might be plotting how to conquer the world but other times I may be thinking of nothing at all; literally nothing. Many times when a man is asked "what are you thinking" and when he says "nothing", he really is thinking of nothing and there is nothing wrong with that.
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