For Type A Introverts in Quarantine, the Struggle Is Real
In times of uncertainty, my need to achieve manifests as impatience and nervous energy. Here’s how I’m coping.
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Sometimes, it feels like the world doesn’t “get” you — especially if you’re an introvert. But we’re fellow “quiet ones,” so we get it. Here are some of our favorite stories about what it’s like being an introvert.
In times of uncertainty, my need to achieve manifests as impatience and nervous energy. Here’s how I’m coping.
As a “social” introvert, I am the proverbial walking contradiction.
Now the virus has another major symptom: non-stop interruptions from restless extroverts.
When all of this is over, please continue to stay 6 feet away from me.
Being home doesn’t automatically equal an introvert’s paradise.
Introverts have a unique opportunity that we may never have again.
At first, it was terrifying. Now I’m not sure I want to return to “extroverted” life.
Is all this isolation turning me into — *gasp* — an extrovert?!
My extroverted husband and I process stress *very* differently.
I can choose to blame the virus, or I can choose to take advantage of this time to learn and be of service.