Calling all introverts...! I can relate. In the Margin So many tests, quizzes and evaluations to tell me what I already knew; Analytical, strategic, logical, intelligent, rational--emotions few. Introverted, recharges from within. Usually after contact with other humans I’m exhausted, irritated, rarely motivated to do it again right away. I could actually stay in my room for days, thinking, writing, learning, quiet,... blissfully peaceful, avoiding arguments, small talk, questions, and fifteen other types of people. INTJ--my personality type, the rarest of sixteen combinations; I’ve long struggled with finding anyone else who completely understands my situation. Some days I feel like I was abandoned at birth; by my highly-functioning alien parents during a visit to earth. Extroverts all around me; I--surrounded by E’s. In my home alone there are three; they keep talking to me! Not one can comprehend why I lock myself in; self-contained, well-maintained. As long as I refrain from constant contact, I’m relaxed. There’s no pill. There’s no treatment. I often have disagreements-- friends and family think I’m clinical. I expect them to be cynical. I let their comments roll off my skin, while I live in this here margin, away from ignorance and scrutiny; not even my children’s impending mutiny can give me a rise. Only I can see through these enigmatic eyes. But sometimes, often times, many many times I wish…I wish I didn’t constantly have to explain this: I have a colorful, beautiful mind, and Im absolutely, positively fine.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:50:06 +0000
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