Overwhelmed introverts may gravitate toward the physical or metaphorical sidelines — the dark corners of the room or anywhere else they can “hide.”

If you’re a sensitive person, you may feel isolated because you don’t enjoy certain activities that others do. The good news: You’re not “crazy” or difficult.

To introverts, surprise visits feel like trespassing, both physically and mentally, like someone is invading our private oasis.

Sometimes being quiet is a fixed trait, while other times, it fluctuates with the perceived emotional safety and energy of the room.

For introverts, books provide the perfect escape — you can “go out” into another world while staying in.

For highly sensitive introverts, the idiom, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is not true.

One of these fictitious things could be an introvert’s saving grace to escape a social situation. If only…

I can’t go back and talk to my younger introverted self — but I can take these phrases and assert myself as an introverted adult.

Introverts are often expected to conform to the extrovert “norm,” like socializing, vs. attending to their own needs, like having alone time.

People often tell me, “You’re not ‘introverted enough’ to be an introvert.” But here’s why they’re wrong.