Re: that's kind of funny

Posted by Elizabeth on May 20, 2001 at 00:45:08:

In Reply to: that's kind of funny posted by Bartholomew on May 18, 2001 at 22:44:43:

: : Feeling a strong desire to pull away to work things out.. now is that really withdrawl? I don't think so. Two things: As a non-verbal thinker it is impossible for me to process complex thoughts in the presense of noise clutter. I have a difficult enough time establishing a thought rhythm. It is about processing... my brain needs time to make images verbal... that's hardwiring that reinforces introversion. I also receive a great deal of energy from doing visual 'puzzles' and logic problems. Why? I think because it helps my brain gain clarity as well but it shuts down my verbal capacity nearly completely. Sometimes after painting I can barely form cohesive sentences. I think introversion is commonly misunderstood because of the focus on 'shyness'. Introversion is often seen as something that inhibits people or blocks them from their desires... it's fear and shyness that do that... which are not necessarily introverted traits.

: I do something like that. You wouldn't know it from the way I write, but when I have to actually speak, I have a real hard time saying anything. I don't always store concepts in very verbal forms, and I don't usually use complete sentences. I speak quickly, faster than most people, so I often find myself opening my mouth and saying maybe three or four discombobulated partial concepts before I have the chance to get them into a comprehensible form. When I write, I have time to think about what I am going to say next, and I can pause while I'm thinking. When I'm talking, I have a hard time stopping to think; I feel compelled to keep talking, and if I pause, I quickly find myself worrying that I'm pausing for an unusually long amount of time, and that uses up most of the benefit that I might have gotten from the pause.

: I have the same problem that you do with sounds being distracting, but are you positive that it has to do with your nonverbal thinking? Are sounds LESS distracting for you when you are reading than when you are doing nonverbal things? I haven't noticed that.

: A final note - fear and shyness ARE introverted traits. Introversion is just not necessarily made up of fear or shyness.

Ummmmmm... NO... social phobia hits introverts and extraverts alike. Extraverts tend to suffer more for it because of their strong DESIRE to interact with other people. I have known a number of shy extraverts. They're the ones who you have to draw out but once they're comfortable, you can't shut them up or shake them off.

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