I Stuffed Down My Introversion Because It Was a Spiritual ‘Failing’
What was “pleasing” in that world was to fill your time with service and social involvement. To be loud and boisterous for Christ.
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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.
What was “pleasing” in that world was to fill your time with service and social involvement. To be loud and boisterous for Christ.
Needing time alone to recharge doesn’t mean you’re crazy or there’s something wrong with you. It means you’re an introvert.
“Oh no, you are so not an introvert! You can’t be!”
I don’t know what you believe, but I believe everyone has their own personal hell while living on Earth.
Some teachers understood my introverted nature, while others made it nearly impossible to learn, participate, or open up.
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It took nearly 40 years of my life to realize that it is completely okay for me to just be myself around others and not want to be front and center.
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There are many ways to accommodate quiet, introverted students without imposing the extroverted norm upon them.
Despite how it can feel, being alone in public doesn’t make you a loser. Skeptical? One introvert flies solo for a night to prove it.