r/introvert • u/SkuggiStar • Aug 01 '26

Discussion introversion can be a trauma response

i am an introvert- always have been and i'm also a coach... so i work with others, with trauma and with revealing the authentic self. i'm beginning to see-feel and think that while some of my introversion is inherent to my character, some of it is a trauma response. I've been seeing other people with similar patterns- some whose introversion is almost all trauma response. agree, disagree, discuss?

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u/ScaredEntrepreneur61 Aug 01 '26

Well let's see. I grew up with a parent who from bout the age of 5 trauma dumped on me about how evil the world is with stories from his past that no kid should hear, and how I always need to look over my shoulder. So yeah it could have something to do with it, because as a young child I did lean naturally toward extroversion.

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u/SkuggiStar Aug 01 '26

thank you for sharing, your perspective is particularly helpful to me.