I seem to have started an association

[firecat]

On a local mailing list recently, there has been a discussion of Myers-Briggs, and someone posted that she had become more extroverted as her confidence increased. I posted the following:

The Association of Introverts Educating Everyone (AIEE) would like to
congratulate [name] on her increase in confidence and also to offer the
following Public Service Announcement:

Improvements in confidence are not necessarily associated with becoming extroverted, and introversion is not necessarily associated with lack of confidence. Extroversion means being recharged by being around people. Introversion means recharged by being alone.

[/aiee psa]

ag_unicorn added AIEE to his interests list. So I added it to mine.

Feel free to join AIEE if you would like to see introversion better understood by society at large.

Comments

[firecat]

It's possible to have a non-shy introvert. And a shy extrovert.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Oops. I meant to say "Outgoing introvert." But I thinks you've answered my question.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Oops. I meant to say "Outgoing introvert." But I thinks you've answered my question.

[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

The point is that shyness/social confidence and introversion/extraversion are somewhat orthogonal. Introversion != shyness. Some introverts are shy, some are not. Same as extraverts, really.