Kuragari1 PhD
How do you personally deal with someone who is an extreme introvert?
Spend time one on one or in a rather small group.
Kuragari1 PhD
If you are one, how do you deal with being one? Some people consider it a social handicap, a negative characteristic---is it?
I deal with it the best I can. It doesn't help I have a myriad of other issues, such as being extremely shy and depressed, but overall I don't think it is a negative thing. Combined with all of my other issues, I would say I have a social handicap, but then that also comes from my upbringing.
Kuragari1 PhD
I don't think being an introvert of any level is any more a social handicap than being a pushy, loud, nosy extrovert. Moreover, introverts often hear what people seem to think is the simple end-all answer/cure to being an introvert, "Just go make friends. Talk to people."
Introversion does not equal shyness, and sadly most the people I've met think it does. There is no real 'cure' for introversion, or at least that is what I think... I don't consider it a problem, then again I'm biased since I'm highly introverted.
Kuragari1 PhD
If you're an extreme introvert, then that's the whole problem---talking to random people doesn't come easily, so it's not so simple to just 'make friends.'
As I said, introvert doesn't mean shyness. My sister, a highly introverted person like myself, can handle large crowds and even conventions, but usually keeps to herself or a small group. She has no problem interacting, even with her other issues.
I, on the other hand, have several other conflicting issues, such as being shy and agoraphobic. Which makes it incrediably difficult for me to so much as speak to someone new.
Introversion is just how some people naturally are.