Is Introversion actually a personality disorder?

[OmniKnight]

Introversion is widely accepted as a personality type, but is it actually a disorder?

Should we endeavor to discover effective treatment?

Would establishing healthy extroversion as a cultural baseline affect advancement of the species?

 

[SublimeKnight]

Introversion is widely accepted as a personality type, but is it actually a disorder?

Should we endeavor to discover effective treatment?

Would establishing healthy extroversion as a cultural baseline affect advancement of the species?

The pharmaceutical industry supports everything being a disorder. We need drugs to make introverts more extroverted. Extroverts need to be settled down, make them more introverted. The perfectly balanced ones are boring, so they should chose one of the two drugs.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Introversion is widely accepted as a personality type, but is it actually a disorder?

Should we endeavor to discover effective treatment?

Would establishing healthy extroversion as a cultural baseline affect advancement of the species?

Do you consider extroversion a disorder? I hate overly outgoing people they, they are annoying AF.

 

[OmniKnight]

Do you consider extroversion a disorder? I hate overly outgoing people they, they are annoying AF.

You're reverting to ad hominem so easily

Introverts are less able to interact constructively

 

[bqknight]

There's already a drug for that...adderall.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

You're reverting to ad hominem so easily

Introverts are less able to interact constructively

No ad hominem. Just providing the other half of the argument. Outgoing people could just as easily have a disorder. The definition of extrovert is needing stimulation from the outside.

 

[sk8knight]

The pharmaceutical industry supports everything being a disorder. We need drugs to make introverts more extroverted. Extroverts need to be settled down, make them more introverted. The perfectly balanced ones are boring, so they should chose one of the two drugs.

They have that drug. It's called alcohol.

 

[SublimeKnight]

They have that drug. It's called alcohol.

Then put me down as pro medication.

 

[OmniKnight]

I hate overly outgoing people they, they are annoying AF.

No ad hominem.

Bob

Come on

 

[OmniKnight]

Outgoing people could just as easily have a disorder. The definition of extrovert is needing stimulation from the outside.

No, there is no 'need' in the definition at all

It is widely accepted that in the modern world, extroversion is a more advantageous trait

 

[CommuterBob]

See Social Anxiety Disorder. It exists already. So yes, introversion can be classified as a personality disorder, mostly because it already is.

 

[OmniKnight]

See Social Anxiety Disorder. It exists already. So yes, introversion can be classified as a personality disorder, mostly because it already is.

So you're proposing that introversion is synonymous with social anxiety?

You might not be totally inaccurate, but we're moving into the gray area of dysphoria which is not as quantifiable as it may seem

 

[CommuterBob]

So you're proposing that introversion is synonymous with social anxiety?

You might not be totally inaccurate, but we're moving into the gray area of dysphoria which is not as quantifiable as it may seem

SAD isn't necessarily synonymous, but it's kind of the extreme version. It's related, for sure.

 

[Ace of Knights]

I would consider myself pretty introverted. I have friends and I go out, but I'd rather stay in. And if I don't have to talk to someone, I don't.

I guess I'm f'd. Drugs here I come.

 

[KnighttimeJoe]

Is it covered under obummercare?

 

[YouSeeEffer]

There is a spectrum. There are VERY introverted people and VERY extroverted people. If the introvert is staying in because going out gives them anxiety, then there is something up, if they're staying in because they are content with themselves and they don't need those interactions to make them feel secure, then they're not disordered. Very extroverted people may be just as insecure as the introvert. They might crave the attention from other people, and staying in may cause them anxiety and depression because they feel like people may not like them. Or... they could just be out with friends all of the time because that's what the fuk they want to do, and there's nothing wrong with that either.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

No, there is no 'need' in the definition at all

It is widely accepted that in the modern world, extroversion is a more advantageous trait

It's also widely accepted that there is nothing wrong with the genocide of babies.

 

[1ofTheseKnights]

Binary vertists privilege in here

 

[OmniKnight]

There is a spectrum. There are VERY introverted people and VERY extroverted people. If the introvert is staying in because going out gives them anxiety, then there is something up, if they're staying in because they are content with themselves and they don't need those interactions to make them feel secure, then they're not disordered. Very extroverted people may be just as insecure as the introvert. They might crave the attention from other people, and staying in may cause them anxiety and depression because they feel like people may not like them. Or... they could just be out with friends all of the time because that's what the fuk they want to do, and there's nothing wrong with that either.

You're pointing to an element of dysphoria as a discriminating factor, which is subjective and can't be measured

What if an average case of introversion simply prevents an individual from reaching self-actualization?

 

[OmniKnight]

It's also widely accepted that there is nothing wrong with the genocide of babies.

Very different Bob

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201701/do-extroverts-manage-stress-better

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Very different Bob

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201701/do-extroverts-manage-stress-better

There's no basis for that article. They just assume introverts keep everything bottled up which is not true. Introverts take care of themselves without making it everyone else's problem.

If you continue to use extremes for your argument, I will use them as well.

 

[OmniKnight]

There's no basis for that article. They just assume introverts keep everything bottled up which is not true. Introverts take care of themselves without making it everyone else's problem.

If you continue to use extremes for your argument, I will use them as well.

It discussed bottling things up in one context: Heart disease. And it's probably right in that regard

You're getting very defensive Bob

You need to watch your blood pressure

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

I'm not defensive, I'm just sick of fake news.

The first sentence of every section shows the bias and intent. Extroverts handle stress better because they do this and introverts don't. Their is no proof. He uses a lot of "probably" statements and cites research with small sample sizes. It's an opinion piece that uses extreme examples with no facts.

I'm an introvert, not an extreme one but I'm definitely on the introvert side. My blood pressure is fine. Just using work as an example, I handle stress better than most people. I take care of problems. I don't throw temper tantrums or put an issue on everyone else like extrovert customers I work with. Introversion and extroversion are cultural as much as they're biological or environmental. My favorite customers are in Minnesota, North Dakota and Michigan. My least favorite are in Commiefornia, Virginia and South Florida.

 

[OmniKnight]

I'm not defensive, I'm just sick of fake news.

The first sentence of every section shows the bias and intent. Extroverts handle stress better because they do this and introverts don't. Their is no proof. He uses a lot of "probably" statements and cites research with small sample sizes. It's an opinion piece that uses extreme examples with no facts.

I'm gonna go ahead and side with the PhD in evolutionary psychology that makes perfect scientific sense with good research as support

I'm an introvert, not an extreme one but I'm definitely on the introvert side. My blood pressure is fine. Just using work as an example, I handle stress better than most people. I take care of problems. I don't throw temper tantrums or put an issue on everyone else like extrovert customers I work with.

Is it possible that you could come closer to self-actualization with some therapy and reconditioning?

Introversion and extroversion are cultural as much as they're biological or environmental. My favorite customers are in Minnesota, North Dakota and Michigan. My least favorite are in Commiefornia, Virginia and South Florida.

Sounds like you have an issue with Spanish people

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

Yeap. All great research publications start sentences with "probably"...

 

[UCFKnight85]

Introverts were sent here by Russian f*cking Super spies to kill us all

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

E probably = mc2 - Einstein
Water is probably two hydrogen and one oxygen atoms - Lavoisier
The earth probably revolves around the sun - Galileo
The American people in their righteous might will probably win through to absolute victory - FDR

 

[KnighttimeJoe]

Hillary will probably win the election.