Allison Abrams Archives - Positive Outlooks

The Power of Introverts: 7 reasons why you should be proud if you are one

Introverts have gotten a bad rap. Considering they make up one-third to one-half of the population — including some of the world’s most gifted individuals — this is as unfortunate as it is baffling. According to Carl Jung, everyone has an introverted side and an extroverted side, with one more dominant than the other. Those

Depression, like art, can never be adequately described in words alone, though Andrew Solomon comes close in his memoir Noonday Demon: “I felt as though I had a physical need, of impossible urgency and discomfort, from which there was no release — as though I were constantly vomiting but had no mouth. My vision began to close. It