Apr 5, 2014 3:32 AM CST Are you an introvert or extrovert?
goldenglossMalahide North County Dublin, Dublin Ireland3 Threads389 Posts
goldenglossMalahide North County Dublin, Dublin Ireland389 posts
I know psycologists have this idea you are one or the other... but I love to be in amongst people, having fun, then again,I need alot of alone time, to paint, to just be alone. I don't go shopping with other women, or weekend breaks with gangs of women, to me that would be hell, mindless banter and that will earn me enemies, but I really prefer smaller groups of people and if I am to be honest, one to one, or four max . So, I would say extrovert, love chatting to people and getting to know them.. and yet needing lots of space so abit of both.
goldengloss: I know psycologists have this idea you are one or the other... but I love to be in amongst people, having fun, then again,I need alot of alone time, to paint, to just be alone. I don't go shopping with other women, or weekend breaks with gangs of women, to me that would be hell, mindless banter and that will earn me enemies, but I really prefer smaller groups of people and if I am to be honest, one to one, or four max . So, I would say extrovert, love chatting to people and getting to know them.. and yet needing lots of space so abit of both.
Companies (especially ones dealing with mental health, i.e. sheltered workshops, group homes and dormitory schools for MRDD, etc...) use the Meyers-Briggs Indicator for staff. This tends to pigeon-hole individuals to be one "type" or another. I say hogwash to it, JMO.
But to be private extrovert, means to speak alone or what?
Ok, I'll copy what it said.
You are more of a public introvert and private extrovert Within your circle of family and friends, you are completely at ease and it’s often you who takes the lead to organise outings, dinners, vacations, etc. However, as soon as you are in a public or professional setting you become rather inhibited. You don’t feel in tune with what you would qualify as agitation, rivalry or vainglory and this can sometimes appear to others as a kind of hidden criticism or a lack of ambition. In fact, your pragmatic temperament helps you successfully manage problems as and when they arise. You aren’t the kind to calculate your every move and plan every inch of your life, and you find the sphere of family and friends to be much more gratifying to the professional sphere. You are more expressive in emotional, sensorial and human terms and at home your organisation skills and capacity to oil the family wheels work well and many of your family and friends appreciate your qualities and skills. At first glance, people find it hard to understand how you could be so comfortable organising your private life and then seem to lose the better part of your self-confidence when you’re in public. (ehem, I don't really have problems with self-confidence in public )
I'm not shy and can stand up for myself, but I do like and need my own space and spending time on my own in the evenings.
I don't know how accurate it is, it's describes fairly ok my private life but not my work.
You are more of a public introvert and private extrovert Within your circle of family and friends, you are completely at ease and it’s often you who takes the lead to organise outings, dinners, vacations, etc. However, as soon as you are in a public or professional setting you become rather inhibited. You don’t feel in tune with what you would qualify as agitation, rivalry or vainglory and this can sometimes appear to others as a kind of hidden criticism or a lack of ambition. In fact, your pragmatic temperament helps you successfully manage problems as and when they arise. You aren’t the kind to calculate your every move and plan every inch of your life, and you find the sphere of family and friends to be much more gratifying to the professional sphere. You are more expressive in emotional, sensorial and human terms and at home your organisation skills and capacity to oil the family wheels work well and many of your family and friends appreciate your qualities and skills. At first glance, people find it hard to understand how you could be so comfortable organising your private life and then seem to lose the better part of your self-confidence when you’re in public. (ehem, I don't really have problems with self-confidence in public )
I'm not shy and can stand up for myself, but I do like and need my own space and spending time on my own in the evenings.
I don't know how accurate it is, it's describes fairly ok my private life but not my work.
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