As SPT readers know, I am a Melissa Etheridge fan. I am editing this post to remove the comment I made about Melissa and Tammy's breakup. Some people are taking sides without knowing what is actually going on inside M&T's relationship. I was just hoping they would get back together. But I believe that people should separate if the relationship is not good. So still not taking sides, I wish for both of them the best whether it be together or a part.The following is from my original post: I'm an introvert, not self-absorbed but just shy and do well being by myself. I like people and can be sociable and I'm out-spoken about things when I need to be, but there are times when I just need to be by myself and do what I like to do, which is write. I don't like to be interrupted and I'd rather not have a verbal argument because I don't respond immediately to someone calling me. I have put so much time in doing things for others that I need time to relax and I relax by writing. Sometimes I have to make myself stop writing and mingle with people.
If you have read other post of mine then you know I can be wordy. But that is how I get things out of my head. And I write way more than what I have posted here at SPT. I have a cousin who is an introvert and some think he spends too much time alone. My mother told me that one of her brothers was that way too. So it is a character trait. We don't separate from people because we don't like people but because we need to be alone sometimes to think and do what we like to do away from people, even if it is just in another room with the door closed and the music playing.
I recently read a post on a message board where the poster was talking about wanting time just for herself, no phone, kids, lover, work - just time for herself. I know at least a couple of people who are always busy doing something, moving from here to there as if being still is wrong. Some people are not comfortable being alone and being still.
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introvert: a shy person. 2. Psychology. a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings (opposed to extrovert).
extrovert: an outgoing, gregarious person. 2.Psychology. a person characterized by extroversion; a person concerned primarily with the physical and social environment (opposed to introvert).
http://dictionary.reference.com
The psychology definition of introvert and extrovert does not fully convey how I am. Both words makes it seem like an introvert is mostly interested our own thoughts and don't have much interest in other people feelings and are not "concerned" with the world we live in. If anything, I absorb so much of everything, including the feelings of others that I need time to myself because it can all become overwhelming.
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