Diary Of An Introvert- My Life As An Introvert(#YourStoryIndia) ✔

Part 2

Hello there. Let me start by introducing myself. So here it goes. I am Sohinee(Dona) as you all must have figured it out. If you can't spell it go for the bracketed one, it's much more easier. I don't like people who happens to spell my name wrong!! No offence. I am 19, yeah not quite the woman I claimed to be in the title! Currently I am in my undergrad years. I am a student of biotechnology. I am an only child of my parents. I am a book worm. Be it any good book I shall happily read it (ok I don't like reading the course textbooks and references!) And I'm an introvert.

When I was a kid I was pretty good in studies, All As . I was pretty much social too, participating in all kinds of activities , except extempore speech. Be it a group dance, group song, recitation, solo song whatever it was I would be there. Till my sixth grade I was like any other extroverted kid. My father has a transferable job. So we don't stay at one place for long. We keep moving from place to place,like those hippies. From my seventh grade the introverted nature started showing up more. No I didn't transform into an introvert from an extrovert. Deep down I was always an introvert. I didn't even know there was something known as an introvert back then. It was either be like most of the children or else you will be in great danger. If not then there is something seriously wrong with you. Even now majority of the people have that kind of mindset.

How many people does know the exact definition of an introvert? How would most people define it as? Introverts are those who are anti social, seriously? Most people define it as a person who is shy, quiet,etc etc. People who are introverts must have been called shy a lot of times. Even I am also being known as a shy person. My mother knows me as such. Why? I don't really have an answer to that. People have already established an idea of an introvert. Introversion means shy. Oh God! Many people don't even know the term. Just because I don't talk much I'm shy? Just because I don't like social interactions I'm shy( I do interact with people on social media)? Let me first define you the term. Most of the online dictionaries defines it as- easily frightened, timid, reserved,cautious, wary, suspicious, insufficient or less than. I am not so easily frightened, I am certainly not timid, I am not insufficient or less than. Yes I am cautious and wary, but it is a good thing to be cautious is it not? I don't make decisions in the heat of the moment because I don't want to regret later. Yes I am reserved, but once a person tries to know me I eventually open up to them, and when I do I can really get naughty!.

I do interact with people on social networking sites. I can live without gossiping. I am a socially awkward misfit, maybe I even have social anxiety. But no one really understands the real reason. To everyone I am shy. I feel like whacking their head when they call me that. Can't help it though, too bad at getting words out of my mouth. They always come out wrong.

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But still I am happy to be an introvert. Post your comments below. Happy reading!