The Reasons Introverts Struggle so Much with Depression
Even though we cannot change our disposition, we may have to change our actions if we want to experience happiness again
If you’re an introvert like me, you’ve probably struggled with either depression or anxiety (or both) for most of your life. One of the reasons for this is that oftentimes we feel like we come from a different planet and that the people in our lives don’t understand us. But the reality is many times this is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, one we give ourselves because we choose to keep our feelings inside instead of dealing with them openly.
This behavior is perhaps one of the greatest reasons for the strong correlation between introversion and mental health issues. For example, information reported in the Journal of Psychiatric Research states that of those who suffer from depression, seventy-four percent are introverts. Frontiers in Psychology elaborates on this fact, speculating that the reason for this susceptibility to depression may be due to the fact that introverts have a tendency “to experience more intense emotions and more difficulties regulating these emotions.”
And I’m pretty sure most introverts would agree with the fact that much of our negative mental state is definitely related to our…
