are people born introverts?

Question

I read how the blood flow in an introvert's brain is different from the brain flow of an extravert. Are people born like this?

Answer 1

Yes, I firmly believe that they are. When my daughter was born, the doctor said she was the loudest baby in the nursery. She still lives life loudly, surrounded by people all the time, the more the better. When my son was born, they said they never heard him cry in the nursery. He is still quiet, introverted and a loner. I think genes and environment affect the personality in that way, but the innate quality is there at birth.

Answer 2

There is a part of the brain stem called the reticular activation system (RAS). Its purpose is to activate cortical activity levels when you're awake, or to quiet them for rest and regeneration during sleep. Like all parts of the body, this component differs slightly from person to person. People with particularly strong RAS appear more "awake", energetic and active during the day. They do more, communicate more, and interact more (whether all this behavior is effective is another matter). We call these people extraverts. People with a less intense RAS do, say and interact less...spending more time in awareness of their internal thought and feeling processes. We call this latter group introverts.

So yes, this aspect we are born with. We can overlay this genetic component of our sociability with learned behaviors, but there is definitely this major inherited influence.

Neither extraversion or introversion is better. Both have unique capabilities and strengths. And people vary widely between the extremes. Many people are roughly balanced, favoring neither extraversion nor introversion.

Pretty interesting, huh?

Answer 3

Yes, people are either an introvert or extravert but bad experiences can cause someone who was an extravert to become an introvert. So you never know, but I have noticed it in babies some are shy around people and others are not.

Answer 4

Yes, people are born introverts. I was raised in a family with six children. The sister closest in age to me was the class clown, always acting goofy, doing anything to draw attention to herself; to get a laugh. I was her opposite. I would do anything to not draw attention to myself; to make myself invisible to the world around me. I could not interrupt two people having a conversation. I could not approach anyone and intiate a conversation.

The good news is that no matter how introverted you start, you can work your way out of it. Know that you are just as important and valuable as every other person on this earth; know that your words have just as much value as the next person's words. Know that you were put here to interact with as many people as you can. Take it one step at a time. Smile at the cashier at the grocery store. Say a brief hello to a neighbor or schoolmate. It doesn't have to be a full conversation at first. If they respond, keep talking. If not, move on and try again later that day or tomorrow. Don't take it personally if someone chooses not to talk to you or interact with you.

I think introverts are just more sensitive to everything around them and their introversion protects them from too much input; protects them from emotional overload.

Answer 5

i am convinced from observing people that they are born like that. I am an introvert, and i always had trouble really getting into the sports and games that everyone else was playing.

Answer 6

Our personalities have developed when we were there in the Womb. We are born type a , type b or others. Abusive childhoods can certainly damage that and drives them to a place them in a uncomfortable sitiation

Answer 7

Not everyone

Answer 8

no, i don't believe that their brains are anatomically different.