Society is increasingly communicative, especially in view of the numerous content stimuli coming from the globalization of information and new technologies, with devices that allow you to exchange ideas with people constantly, maintaining online friendships, especially through social media.
Even in this context of constant dialogue, the importance of those who are less prominent in this regard, the timid ones, have been a highlight, especially after the release of the book? The Power of the Quiet? How Can Shy and Introverts Change a World That Doesn't Stop Talking? from American researcher and writer Susan Cain.
Susan's book drew attention for valuing some characteristics of the timid as having been fundamental to human evolution and which continue to have value in the dynamism of the routine of the world in which we live today. "We live in such an expansive world, so devoid of downtime, that we lose sight of our introvert side," says Susan.
According to the author, more withdrawn people who do not like to draw attention have rare characteristics or that others find difficult to manage such as the intense flow of creativity, persistence and the ability to analyze risks, allowing them to unleash their imagination, insist on ideas and reflect on the pros and cons of a decision more easily than extroverts.
Three different temperaments
Many people confuse shyness with introspection and social phobia, people with these characteristics behave totally differently, and each of these idiosyncrasies has an influence on their lifestyles:
- Introspectives: These are people whose usual behavior is to remain more alone or quiet. Even being more reflective, they still interact with other people;
- Shy: People who have difficulty communicating with words or appearing in front of a large number of people and who suffer from insecurity in their social relationships;
- Social Phobics: Individuals with psychic disorder that causes fear of being in public, which makes you panic at the thought of interacting with others, usually need treatment and psychological counseling.
The commonality about introspective, shy and social phobic temperaments is that they are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression in their early teens, according to a study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, which followed 921 children aged 18 months. and 12 and a half years.
Is the explanation for this result corroborated by neuroscience, which shows in studies of brain processes? Like research from Harvard University's Child Development Laboratory, the brain amygdala, responsible for responding to reflexes, is best developed in introspective individuals who are consequently always wary of so many brain signals and may become stressed.
Psychiatrist Alexandre Saadeh, of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, says that introversion has relative advantages, being a feature that cannot be judged and conceptualized only as virtue or defect. The way an individual is willing to deal with this facet of his personality is what will make a difference. Some suffer discrimination or impediments throughout their lives. Can others use it for its development?
Knowing how to deal with your limitations and potentials is the way to be happy being an introvert or an extrovert.
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