How I Stopped Faking It and Embraced My Introversion
I forced myself to pretend to be an extrovert. But it came at a cost.
Jerry was born in China. He moved to Chicago when he was four and started feeling the weight of our Western preference for extroversion. By senior year of college at University of Pennsylvania, Jerry vowed to become more social and forced himself to socialize with new people every day. Now in his mid-20s, and after so many years of forced extroversion, Jerry has a unique perspective on being an introvert who knows how to blend with extroverts when needed. Check out his videos about being an INFP here.
I forced myself to pretend to be an extrovert. But it came at a cost.