‘Hating People’ Doesn’t Make You An Introvert — It Just Makes You A Person Who Hates People
It’s easy to misidentify our personality types.
We do so all the time — from taking inaccurate online tests, to consuming online articles that portray false information about what it means to be an introvert, extrovert, feeler, thinker, etc… there are plenty of clouding factors that get in the way.
But one of the most frustrating arguments I hear people using to defend their concept of themselves as an introvert is, ‘I know I’m an introvert because I hate people.’
Which is where I need all of us to hold on for a hot second and take a step back.
Hating people is not an inherent quality of introversion. Conversely, liking people is not an inherent quality of extroversion.
Allow me to elaborate with a metaphor.
I very much enjoy weight-training. In fact, weight-training is one of my favorite things in the world.
I like the feeling of curling my hands around a weighted bar. I love the strength that resounds through my muscles when I bench-press something that seemed impossible to press two months before. I like the relaxation of stretching out after a good session.
