Catering to your personality makes for a better experience. (Think stock)
Confession: I’m an introvert. And as other introverts know, though we make up anywhere from a third to half the population, sometimes it feels like the world caters to extroverts.
It’s not always easy to be an introvert living in an extroverts’ world. (If extroverts ruled the world, small talk would be outlawed.) This can be especially true when it comes to travel. Chatty airplane seatmates, group sight-seeing tours, bed and breakfasts, all-inclusive resorts, all these things can be an introvert’s worst nightmare.
Why? Introverts’ brains literally work differently than extroverts. “Introverts are oriented toward their own private thoughts and feelings,” explains psychologist and University of Washington affiliate professor Jonathan Bricker. “They can be over-stimulated when they interact with too many people.” In other words, introverts actually lose or expend energy in social situations. (Extroverts are oriented to the outside world and truly gain energy from social interaction, says Bricker.)
That doesn’t mean that introverts hate being around people. We are capable of going to new places, meeting new people, being in groups, and we can get as much as anyone else out of travel. But these interactions have very real consequences for introverts, says Bricker. We have to make decisions on how and where to spend our limited social energy — and we need alone time and quiet to recharge.
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