To make me act social by coerced exposure is like taking a turtle’s safe shell.

To think needing protection is a thing to get over, make introverts feel overwhelmed.

I’ve felt shame and self hate for my own introversion. Felt like being me wasn’t accepted.

I lived most of my life being shamed with coercion. Like my authentic self is defective.

So after years of untangling and releasing self hate, I’ve now found acceptance and revealed the unknown.

I now know introversion is genetic, innate. And want extroverts to leave me alone.