Personal Space and Peace of Mind

As an introvert I have always craved space. My personal space is my pride. It’s my oxygen cylinder. It’s the refresh button I need. It’s kind of like my recharging mode.

Personal space is valuable for everyone but for introverts it’s kind of something they need to function every day.

why is that?

For introverts, interactions are tiring. They can be so much draining. In fact, they can be overwhelming.

Being someone who you are not just to be acceptable.

Pretending to care, pretending to be interested.

No introverts are not aloof, they are just people who think being alone is easier than being in a crowd.

They think being lonely is a blessing not a curse.

Many people like me are GENUINELY introverts and we WERE introverts before it got “hip” and “cool.”

I still can’t understand why so many extroverts pretend to be introverted on social media.

Because it’s a trend now.

You can’t be chatting to multiple people all the time, always be surrounded by a crowd and then pretend to dislike people on social media.

Introverts don’t pretend to be introverted, that’s just how they are, happily surviving in their own bubble.

Now, being introverted is a fad and covid19 has made everyone somewhat introverted.

Because of social distancing everyone has started being comfortable on their own, without the constant need for social interaction.

People have been keeping themselves busy by doing their work online, watching new shows, learning and exercising. Covid19 forced a lot of people to start enjoying on their own.

Celebrations and endless parties are now discouraged and are disliked by everyone.

Even though Vaccinated people are able to roam around freely but still there are still many people who are unvaccinated, and they refuse to get vaccinated.

Covid19 have made being extroverted being “bad” and “selfish” hence making even the most outgoing people become a little bit introverted.

Maybe that’s why now personal space has become more valuable, because if you get a little too close, the other person might back off, because obviously he doesn’t want to have covid, but an introvert might back off because he doesn’t want social interaction OR covid.

If you ask a person, what is it that you like the most or something you can’t live without? there are very few people who might say, “my personal space.”

Personal space is underrated.

It is taken as something very non serious but it's almost absolutely priceless.

It’s one of the best things you can have and believe it or not with the certain amount of personal space, our minds make us do wonders.

Our creativity helps us, our problems leave us and sometimes even our most challenging tasks become manageable because of having the right amount of personal space.

We are able to think about what we should do, what we should be doing and how we should be doing it.

Someone once said loneliness means the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of it.

No doubt using your alone time and personal space can be very beneficial for you, you might do and learn something which might help you for the next 30 years of your life, you might do something which could change your view about yourself forever and if you get into the process of always looking for ways to work on yourself, maybe you will start cherishing your personal space. Solitude will become an asset.

There are some things we need to figure out on our own, sometimes our mind needs to process the constant information we are getting.

Having little or no time for yourself can be very unhealthy.

A healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body. Relaxing yourself, distancing yourself and making space for yourself inside your head is sometimes one of the best things you can do.

No doubt social interactions are important and it’s impossible to live alone. Man by nature is a social animal and there is absolutely no harm in being with people or wanting to have a large social circle, but everyone is different. Introverts prefer a small circle, they let very few people enter their personal space because they find it easy to accommodate them.

They find it easy to handle few people than to handle many people, that is why you will find introverts doing jobs like researcher, investigator, accountant or IT professional. They choose careers which involves them burying themselves inside their work and having little or no time for social interactions, for them their personal space and peace of mind is more important than anything in the world.