Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to the London Introverts Social Club. This meetup group is specifically for Introverts/Introverted people. When you hear the word introvert, you might think of someone who's shy or quiet and prefers to be alone. While that may be true for some introverts, there's much more to this personality type. Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert all depends on how you process the world around you. A psychologist named Carl Jung began using the terms introvert and extrovert in the 1920s. These two personality types sort people into how they get or spend their energy. Introverts, Jung said, turn to their own minds to recharge, while extroverts seek out other people for their energy needs. Signs You Might Be an Introvert Introverts have many of the same patterns of behaviour. In general, introverts: Need quiet to concentrate Are reflective Are self-aware Take time making decisions Feel comfortable being alone Don't like group work Prefer to write rather than talk Feel tired after being in a crowd Have few friendships, but are very close with these friends Daydream or use their imaginations to work out a problem * Retreat into their own mind to rest Types of Introverts Being an introvert isn't an all-or-nothing stamp on your personality. Psychologists think of introverts as falling somewhere on a scale. Some people are more introverted than others. Other people fall right in the middle of the scale. They're called ambiverts. Introverts usually have a few extroverted traits mixed in with their introverted ones, and vice versa. There are a wide range of ways to be an introvert. One study shows that introverts tend to fall into one of four subtypes: Social introverts. This is the "classic" type of introvert. Social introverts lik
Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to the London Introverts Social Club. This meetup group is specifically for Introverts/Introverted people. When you hear the word introvert, you might think of someone who's shy or quiet and prefers to be alone. While that may be true for some introverts, there's much more to this personality type. Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert all depends on how you process the world around you. A psychologist named Carl Jung began using the terms introvert and extrovert in the 1920s. These two personality types sort people into how they get or spend their energy. Introverts, Jung said, turn to their own minds to recharge, while extroverts seek out other people for their energy needs. Signs You Might Be an Introvert Introverts have many of the same patterns of behaviour. In general, introverts: Need quiet to concentrate Are reflective Are self-aware Take time making decisions Feel comfortable being alone Don't like group work Prefer to write rather than talk Feel tired after being in a crowd Have few friendships, but are very close with these friends Daydream or use their imaginations to work out a problem * Retreat into their own mind to rest Types of Introverts Being an introvert isn't an all-or-nothing stamp on your personality. Psychologists think of introverts as falling somewhere on a scale. Some people are more introverted than others. Other people fall right in the middle of the scale. They're called ambiverts. Introverts usually have a few extroverted traits mixed in with their introverted ones, and vice versa. There are a wide range of ways to be an introvert. One study shows that introverts tend to fall into one of four subtypes: Social introverts. This is the "classic" type of introvert. Social introverts lik
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