Introverts

“many introverts produce work so controlled and organised that all life has gone from it”

– William Empson

The introvert needs to take extra effort to get out there and interact, otherwise the tendency to define life in terms of achievements can become all-consuming at the expense of sanity.

Ideas of introvert and extravert personality types are set out in Carl Jung’s work. The psychologist, Dorothy Rowe talks about the character types associated with these in her books on depression, particularly ‘Breaking the Bonds’ which emphasises the need for the introvert to maintain contact with the outside world to keep a grip on reality.