Tension: We perform extroversion in public while quietly craving solitude—then feel guilty about the relief we feel ...

Introverts aren't being dramatic—they're experiencing a genuine neurological difference in how they process social interaction. Research has shown that introverts have a more sensitive response to ...

Introverts often prefer to do many things alone. While these individuals have nothing against going out and enjoying a social experience with others, they require alone time to recharge their social ...

Many introverts have a preference for alone time and solitude because it's the space where they recharge their social batteries, whereas extroverts find fulfillment and are energized by social ...

Introverts aren't always shy or quiet. These four misconceptions reveal the surprising truth about life on the quieter side.

Finally, the door closed and the noise stopped. I was in my bedroom, my own bedroom, with the lights turned perfectly low and no one else around. It was the holiday season, and I had just spent nearly ...

Conventional wisdom holds that introverts are the solitude experts. After all, introversion was originally defined by Jung as the tendency to be more energized by one’s internal world than the ...

Tension: We explain post-social emptiness as an introvert’s drained battery—a personality trait we can’t change. But this ...

Social introverts, thinking introverts, anxious introverts and restrained introverts all have positive qualities.

Can't seem to match the energy of a good friend? You might be on opposite ends of the personality spectrum — and that's OK.