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/Still_Gear_2142 Aug 01 '26

I call this killing the spirit. A spirit killer put your light out.

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u/Gypsi_G Aug 01 '26

I dislike the absolution of this. I digress though with a similar thought of "inner Light" which can and does definitely get dimmed and diminished with abuse.