Are people born an introvert or do they choose to become one?

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If you are an introvert, you must have asked this question to yourself a million times. Why do you think and perceive things differently than most people? It was Carl Jung who coined the term introvert and extrovert in the late 1920s. But in his studies, he categorized people into two distinct character types, introverts, and extroverts. He described extroverts as a group of people who draws their energy from social interactions, and they tend to feel disturbed and depressed when they are left alone. Their line between loneliness and being alone is nearly narrow. But then he described introverts as the kind of people who seek stimulation from within. And they tend to feel more energized and happy after spending some alone time. Introverts, unlike extroverts, find socializing as draining or more demanding activity and try to avoid it as much as possible. For introverts, being alone 

But if we look into it more scientifically, we can find that there is no such thing as a complete introvert or extrovert. These are just two extremes of human character and no person is completely at the end of neither points in this spectrum. Certain biological factors affect the way a person thinks, but it doesn't define that person. The truth is, we all chose this character. And at some point in our lives, we all go up and down the introvert-extrovert ladder.


To learn more about the biological factors that influence introvert behavior refer to this article