4 Truths to Help You Embrace Your Introversion
Growing up, I often felt that many people didn’t understand my introversion.
The question “Why are you so quiet?” would always leave me baffled.
I wore my quietness like someone wears their favourite sweater. It was familiar and cozy. Warm and comfortable.
It was me.
I could no sooner change my nature than my hair or eye colour. It’s the way I’m built and the way I function.
I prefer small groups over huge gatherings. I recharge after social activities by reading, writing or binge-watching Netflix shows. And although I have a lot to say in my writing, I say a lot less in person.
For a long time I thought that there was something wrong with me. That my nature made me flawed. That my personal attributes were weaknesses that needed to be changed.
Along with being very introverted, I was also painfully shy. Fear kept me closed off and afraid for years and years but like most shy people, I outgrew it.
The years slowly chipped away at my timidness, and I was able to come more fully into my own as I entered university, college and the working world, among like-minded people.
Accepting myself was not easy though.
