No parties, no problem: Introverts don’t mind sheltering at home | Malay Mail

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APRIL 5 — With her painting, baking and near-constant gardening, Stephanie Hollowell kept busy at home even before efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic meant she had to stay inside the Dallas, Texas house she calls her little kingdom. She didn’t invite people to come taste her prizewinning...

Stephanie Hollowell poses in her backyard garden in Dallas, Texas, US June 3, 2018. — Courtesy of Stephanie Hollowell via Reuters

“So many people are experiencing the painful aspects of this,” said Hollowell, an air traffic controller who took early retirement five years ago, when she was 50. “But basically my life has not changed one single bit.” Cynthia Burrell, a massage therapist whose home-based Seattle business has been shuttered, said despite the loss of work she has enjoyed the quieter time with her husband. The couple, avid birders, miss their outings with the local Audubon group, but have been amazed to watch a Bewick’s wren gather up their cat’s fur to line its nest. They have seen black-capped chickadees at one neighbour’s house, she said, and chestnut-backed chickadees at another.

Because introverts tend to have fewer social interactions during the regular course of their days than extroverts, they may be better positioned to weather enforced time at home than extroverts – at least initially, said Matthias Mehl, a research psychologist at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He and his girlfriend, also an introvert, have found projects to do in their apartment, putting together a hydroponic garden and fixing a wobbly bench. When the public health restrictions forced him to put off a trip to Seattle to visit a friend, it was actually something of a relief not to have the anticipatory anxiety that often precedes social interactions – even those he is looking forward to – Noh said.

“I am comfortable because I can read, I listen to music and go to the studio,” she said. “I can paint uninterruptedly.”

 

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