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	Is It Better to Be an Introvert or an Extravert? Part 3 by Susan Dunn Momentum Coaching
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Is It Better to Be an Introvert or an Extravert?
Part 3
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This is not the neutrality of science we expect. It's biased. It could also have been written -- "a personality measure was used to help the researchers determine the participants' level of introversion -- their ability to react appropriately and thoughtfully to stimuli -- and their level of hyperactivity -- the tendency to over-react indiscriminately to stimuli.

But it's not over yet. They add: "These results show that individual differences in brain reactivity to emotional stimuli are associated with specific personality traits, which also supports earlier MRI studies of extraverted and depressed people."

You simply cannot mix terms that way. You compare extraverted people with introverted people, and you compare depressed people with people who aren't depressed. Depression is a diagnosis, and both introverts and extraverts suffer from it.

Valuing Diversity

The terms "extraversion" and "introversion" were introduced into psychology by Carl Jung, to identify opposite psychological types. One was not valued more than the other, or considered healthier; in fact Dr. Jung felt most people had tendencies in both directions, although one direction usually predominates.

His definition was "the extravert is characteristically the active person who is most content when surrounded by people; carried to the neurotic extreme such behavior appears to constitute an irrational flight into society, where the extravert's feelings are acted out.

The introvert, on the other hand, is normally a contemplative individual who enjoys solitude and the inner life of ideas and the imagination. Severe introversion is characteristic of autism and some forms of schizophrenia." Each one is a legitimate personality style, and the extreme of neither is desirable.

If we (or society, or psychologists) valued the ability to enjoy solitude more than the need to be surrounded by people, then introversion would be healthy, and extraversion would be neurotic.

There are many labels we use to differentiate people and we hope the reason is to further understanding, not discrimination. As with almost any other differentiation you can think of, the extremes aren't good because they indicate rigidity.

In this world, we need some extraversion traits as well as some introversion traits, regardless of which is our natural bent, while at the same time we need to understand and accept those who are different from ourselves. If you hate a trait in others, you're despising a part of yourself.

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Loving the Self-Absorbed: How to Create a More Satisfying Relationship with a Narcissistic Partner
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