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That's the thing with introversion, it's often mistaken as plain shyness- when introversion is more about enjoying your own company as well as that of somebody else's, whereas an extrovert adores the company of others. It works both ways though, you can be confident and be an introvert, or shy and be an extrovert who cannot stand staying at home by themselves and love the company of others. Extroverts are stimulated in social situations, and introverts can become over-stimulated in social situations, but shy people... well from personal experience, I can tell you that shy people can desperately want to communicate with others but sometimes don't know how, or are afraid to. So, say you love to hang around with your close friends but get anxious around a group of people you don't get on with, there's no reason why you can't be a shy extrovert.
Too often, we are told there's introversion and extroversion- but what about the in between? It took me a while to realise that this even existed, and what inspired this post was a conversation between my friend and I- where we spoke about how we were outgoing introverts and shy extroverts, and guess what? That's okay! To that friend, thank you for highlighting an issue I never thought to speak about on my blog- and I don't know if it's just me here, but I feel we are often told the labels without being told the in-between and that it's okay to not fit a label perfectly. After all, it's just a label am I right?
Well, that's the end of my short Wednesday ramble- let me know your thoughts in the comments below and see you all soon for another post!