An introvert is a person who is directed inward
What is he looking for in his depths and why does he strive for loneliness? Is he always closed or does it just seem to others?
Translated from Latin, "introverted" means inward-facing. In general psychology, an introverted behavioral type is determined by such distinctive features as a focus on internal mental activity, isolation and a desire for solitude.
In Wikipedia, an introvert is defined as a person who prefers the world of his imagination and thinking to any contact with external objects. These definitions do not provide a clear understanding of the characteristics of an introvert. What is he looking for in his depths and why does he strive for loneliness? Is he always closed or does it just seem to others? An accurate and multifaceted definition of who an introvert is is given by the training "System-vector psychology" by Yuri Burlan.
The meaning of the word "introvert" acquires a multi-level depth, covering all the psychological characteristics of this type of orientation of the human psyche. Internal characteristics disclosed in system-vector psychology leave no room for random interpretations.
Unsociable and withdrawn, silent and mysterious, arrogant and distant from everyone - introverts finally become understandable.
In system-vector psychology, the psyche is considered in the aggregate of four quartels. Each of them includes 2 vectors with external (extraverted) and internal (introverted) directions:
- space quartel - skin vector (outward) and muscle (inward),
- a quarter of time - urethral (outward) and anal (inward),
- a quartel of information - visual (outward) and sound (inward),
- energy quartel - oral (outward) and olfactory (inward).
Introverted vectors are audible, olfactory, anal and muscular. 4 mental measures, turned inward. Let's start our acquaintance with them with the information quartet represented by the owners of the sound vector.
The Thinking Introvert is the Soundman
A sound introvert is a person who strives to know himself. He does not feel the meaning in the material delights of life, which means that he does not see the need for contacts with other people to achieve them. He does not want money, power, family and companionship; he wants to understand the root cause. He is looking for the essence of everything.
A sound person is an egocentric who gives value only to his inner states and comprehensions. An introvert is a human thought. All his energy is directed to the inner work of understanding the causes and effects, the meaning of what is happening and the influence of human consciousness on the general course of everything that exists. "Am I a trembling creature or have I the right?" - it is the sound scientists who are in the moral search for an answer to the question about their capabilities to change something, to live not just like that, but as part of a big plan.
A sound introvert is a person who is different:
- Silence: he is the one who does not speak - he thinks. The behavior of an implemented sound engineer can be enclosed in a chain: I listen → I comprehend → I share ideas or meanings through the written word.
- By being immersed in his thoughts: even when the sound engineer is asked about something, he may not immediately “turn on”, since he needs time to get out of the concentrated thought process. "Huh?.. This is you for me?.. What did you say?" - the soundman often says, earning a reputation in society as a strange personality hovering in the clouds.
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The preference for non-verbal contacts for live communication: the Internet, books, instant messengers - this is more pleasant to the sound engineer than noisy and empty conversations. His contact is selective, he does not tolerate superficiality and stupidity. On the Internet, this can be quickly turned off by closing the page; in real life, this is more difficult.
Loneliness at night - why is it uncomfortable in the comfort zone?
Predators were once the main danger to humans. And only the sound engineer was able to hear the beast creeping in the dark. An introvert sound person is a night watchman. He is awake when everyone is asleep, listening to the darkness and silence. He is given a keen ear to be on the alert and protect everyone from the invisible threats of the night.
Sound specialists still do not sleep at night. Their psyche is tuned to a mode of activity that is different from the usual for everyone else. Everyone loudly manifests themselves during the day, he quietly focuses his thoughts at night.
Only the danger with which he is destined to cope in the modern world has changed. Humanity has long figured out how to hide and protect itself from the attacks of predators, but did not realize how to escape from itself.
Hatred for other people, and often for oneself, is becoming uncontrollable these days. Constant international conflicts, mass shootings and crush of people, depression and suicide. What kind of power leads a person to an abyss, as an unconscious sheep to a ravine?
The task of the sound engineer, which does not give him rest at night, is to realize his I, the human soul, to reveal the power that pushes us to do this and not otherwise. Acquire freedom of choice. Just as the ancient sonicist sought to hear the leopard and save the flock, the modern sonic introvert unconsciously reaches out to fulfill his specific role - to know himself as part of the general psyche. What is needed for this?
Why would an introvert need other people?
A typical example of an introvert in the full systemic sense of the word is a sound person with an anal vector. He can realize himself in writing, science, programming, composing music - wherever the ability to abstract analysis of reality is needed.
But a connection with this very reality is necessary, otherwise mental activity will not bear significant results. No wonder the writers were looking for stories, constantly observing and analyzing life in all its twists and turns. If an introverted sound person slams into himself, his whole realization will turn into an illusion of his own, unnecessary genius. And then he is nothing more than a sociopath.
System-vector psychology very accurately shows that it is possible to come to something standing within oneself only with preliminary focus on others.
Those who completed Yuri Burlan's training "System-Vector Psychology" share how exciting this process of cognition is:
Intuitive introvert - who is he?
An olfactory introvert is someone who is not mentioned in Wikipedia or elsewhere. Only Yuri Burlan sheds light on the essence of “gray cardinals” at the training “System-vector psychology”.
The olfactory person wants to preserve himself - no matter what. And he feels that this is achievable only with the integrity and flawless functioning of the entire group, of which he considers himself a part.
The best politicians, financiers, intelligence officers, microbiologists - all these “olfactory” professions require the ability to sense danger straight from the unconscious and act to eliminate it. They are strategists with intuitive, non-verbal thinking.
Why are these people also considered introverts? They are unemotional, do not talk much, try not to be in sight. Moreover, for other people, the olfactory person does not "smell". That is, pheromones, according to which we usually form an opinion about the other, in the case of an olfactory person, we cannot read in any way. This "dark horse" creates fear. Owners of the visual vector generally endow the olfactory with demonic abilities, losing a sense of security and safety next to him. As if you were standing under the gun and did not understand where the danger came from.
Therefore, you cannot call olfactory extroverts attractive for communication.
At the training, the olfactory power, shrouded in legends due to the impossibility of understanding it, is finally realized and it ceases to be terrible.
And if incompatible is mixed in one character?
Yuri Burlan reveals the patterns why in one person traits of both an introvert and an extrovert can appear simultaneously or alternately.
Skin sound specialist Sting is an example. A musician can go to the mountains alone for several months, and then reveal all the most intimate in songs for a multimillion audience - is he an introvert or an extrovert?
He has a vector directed outward - a skin vector, which endows him with the ability for extraversion and organizational talent, the desire to earn money; and a sonic one in need of solitude for concentration. In this case, the implemented sound vector is not fenced off from people. He draws inspiration from them.
Vysotsky, Mayakovsky, Yesenin, Tsvetaeva, Pozner, Zhirinovsky are just some famous personalities whose contradictory properties you can easily understand and analyze if you have knowledge of system-vector psychology. And most importantly, you will understand the people around you in your life, and the distinction will be a step towards an accurate knowledge of yourself. After all, any knowledge is possible only on differences.
