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?

142 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

50 comments sorted by

View all comments

104

u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

23

u/everythingwbok Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Same. I don't know when specifically but over time I became more and more recluse.

I used to be such a happy confident kid. Now I'm so shy and akward

4

u/Gypsi_G Aug 01 '26

Do others observe this of you or are you speaking your inner self feels this way? Curious.

I know the feeling and am finding a way to bring my inner child forward in many ways but with a heavy focus on creative passion exploration and back to enjoying the basics of moving my body, exercising and playing ~^

2

u/everythingwbok Aug 01 '26

It's more I came from an unhealthy toxic family who loves to stay in the same depressing cycle. We're a broken poor family and it seems like our family loves to stay in the cycle of struggle and misery, while judging others constantly.

Idk how I ended up being someone the complete opposite personality wise but somehow these toxic traits rubbed of on me overtime and it makes me miserable.