Being an Introvert is a Good Thing. | Crystal Robello | TEDxStMaryCSSchool 

Telling an introvert to speak up is just as rude as telling an extrovert to shut up.

Introverts mostly act like an extrovert towards other introverts.

Introvert are those who don't talk About unnecessary topics...

Admit it. Everyone watching this is an introvert.

Introverts should have a separate country. It would be the best country in the world.

"Quiet People Have The Loudest Minds"

Who’s an introvert when meeting people ,but extroverted and calm around people they’re close with?

I just don’t like talking to people unless there’s a point to the convo

introverts speak out seldom but when they do they make more sense than a thousand extroverts.

Introverts squad

I guess RU-vid knows that I am an introvert and so this video has been recommended.

I'm an introvert and I hate to have useless conversations with anyone. I talk only when it's necessary, only on things that matter and that's why I don't have any friends. Although I enjoy my own company sometimes I feel lonely.

"Extroverts rule the world that Introverts created"

Im introvert and nothing wrong with that, Just be yourself

Some people mistaken us introvert as arrogant or rude just because we dont talk too much or cant hang out with them just like what they do.😐

Introvert gang's like here 😎 👇

I only talk when it's necessary because the less people know about you the more they respect you.

Introverts are not shy. That's a misconception.

i consider myself an introvert, yet I can be very social when i feel comfortable around people that I like.

Hey you "the introvert" reading the comments....u r good 💓 !!

I'm an introvert but when I approach another introvert I become an extrovert. Anyone else?

I feel so lonely in my class, I can't fit in. Sometimes I try interacting, then it gets awkward, other times I don't give a damn but I still want to be a part of it because I'm a team-player but at the same time can't communicate. It's so stressful. I'm so alone there.

I don't always have something to say all the time.... I just don't get how people talk non stop.

Being introvert is so hard 1-comparing your self with others 2-sometimes you have no friends cause your so quiet 3-you feel that people hate you 4-you want to do that thing but your afraid to be a failure 5-being bully cause your introvert BEING INTROVERT IS SO HARD... YOU FEEL ME I FEEL YOU ! 😢😥 I want to say alot but im tired.. Comment down bellow if i miss something 😍

I swear I'm an introvert and really quite but when it comes to my relationships with people I love , I'm the most funniest and craziest guy to hang out with 😚✌

As an introvert, most of my classmates think that I am dumb because I don't perform well at school. But I'm proud to say that I have lots of talents learned through solitude. Mostly, technical aspects.

I lost so much disrespect for this one teacher, she humiliated me in front of the whole class because I was to quiet and she started mimicking my voice and everyone laughed

Being an introvert, I could say that, its the best gift of the nature as you don't need any person to make you feel happy and just surrounded by few but true people in once life. Introverts maynot express their love,idea verbally but they express this in their actions..

Great job! Many of us introverts are great public speakers!! Introverts unite!!!🙌🏽🙌🏽

I'm an introvert but my parents and my teachers just don't get it. They tell my parents the same thing every single time that "she doesn't ask any questions" like i just can't do that. Sometimes i look at people talking to big groups of people, making everyone laugh and i'm like wow how do they do that.

I am an introvert . In my school everybody says that" i have never heard this girls voice" . Trust me that's the most annoying thing u may get to hear. People never understands introverts. whenever there's a good ,fun conversation going on I really feel like an outcast .all my friends and classmates says "why don't you talk or u should talk more "😒😒 do they think i dont know how to talk or what . They just dont understand that how difficult and akward it is for me to start a conversation. But now i dont care about about people think about me .i m just happy with how i am .😁😁

I was introverted My Entire School Life, Never had alot of friends. When the teacher said pick a partner i was the last one To get picked

Our society is based on an extravert environment. Don't feel that it sucks to be an introvert. Just be yourself

I really needed to here this, been depressed and thinking something was wrong with me, feeling like I was alone.

I am an introvert and I always feel left out. People never talk to me

But I'm Shy + Introvert 😔 (deadly combination). I don't know how I gonna survive in this large extrovert world

Being an introvert with extroverted parents it's very hard! I feel like my granny is the only person that understands me, and also, my best friend, she's also an introvert. My mom always tells me that i have to ''get out of my shell'', and i've told her like 100 times that that's just the way i am, i showed her articles about introverts...but she keeps on repeating: ,,no, you're just shy''. lol. it seems like all my relatives are extroverts, because they often organise parties and obviously, they invite me to those parties, sometimes i go and oh my gosh, after 1 hour-i'm dead. like, literally dead. i feel like i can't talk anymore or even move, i don't want anyone to touch me or listen to their conversations, because i'm bored and f*cking annoyed, i don't have any energy left. i feel like it's easier for me to work the whole day or go to the gym than have the ''small-talk'' with people. and they don't understand, they always ask me: ''what's wrong with you? why are you sad?''

All introverts unite in their own house!!! 😁😁😁

A “hi” from an introvert to all introvert legends . Hope you all are doing well 😊

the best part being an introvert is that people don't get us and we don't care.

I am an introvert. I cant help it. I seriously cant. I really needed to hear this talk. I have been told by my teachers, by friends and by my family that i just need to be more outgoing, but now hearing this talk makes me realise that it is perfectly fine to be an introvert.

I can feel her breath about to hitch with every sentence, just like mine does when I'm giving a presentation. What she has done is incredibly courageous. So many people. I don't know when I'll get there but right now talking to a group of 50 has to count as my limit. #steadyprogress

Introverts are not shy. They simply do not consider every discussion arguable. They think deep and interested in dealing with harder questions.

Being introvert is good because introvert people have the ability to understand others people mindset..

At least I know that I'm not alone..Thank you :) I always feel so left out when I'm in class or outside.

My introvert quote for my life "I know how to do it right, you are doing it wrong. I am just scared I will get yelled at over what has happend me so far thro my life..."

Like from an Introvert from India.. 😁😁 I like myself as I am.

i genuinely love being by myself but society makes me feel like it's wrong.

I have been an introvert for as long as I can remember and I have ALWAYS loved being one; I personally can't stand society, social gatherings and socialising because I only talk about things that matter to me and I am passionate about, instead of mindless conversations. I'am the kind of person who loves my own company and can easily entertain myself. Personally, it was a shock when I heard that other introverts may not be happy with themselves.

being an introvert is seen as a problem at school. My effort grades are usually very good or good in the subjects that im not confident in because i don't really participate in class. You are expected to talk well in class, be perfect at presenting presentations without shaking or stuttering, work in groups, etc. When my parents come to school or when they see my written reports they're all about how 'quiet' I am. But what's wrong with that? I never get in trouble, I'm always just average or above average academically. I don't really see myself as an introvert tho. I'm just shy. Really shy.

Being an introvert, when it comes to public speaking, I want to present myself perfect like what she did.

There's a misconception that introverts are shy, afraid to speak up, asocial, ... Those are problems and need to be dealt with. However, those characteristics don't make you an introvert. An introvert can function normally in a society, but they simply don't have the need to be in the center of attention, they don't feel the need to share things about themselves and they don't crave constant social interaction. A healthy introvert can socialize and communicate normally, they simply choose not to more often than an extrovert would.

I'm that kid that sits quietly in the back or within the crowd. But you know what? I'm gonna start approaching other introverts. But then it's going to turn awkward really fast. And I'm usually the introvert in the class... sighs. But listening to this does make me feel better about myself. Thank you.

Introverts unite!!!

I’m an introvert as well. I choose my words wisely. I speak when needed, not when able. If I’ve learned anything, its that keeping your mouth shut and just listening for awhile can help you learn so many things that people who talk more won’t be able to learn.

I am an introvert too Sometimes people doesn’t like me because I always choose to be alone 😌

Well done. As an introvert now in my later 20s, I'd like to point out to any younger viewers (i.e. high school and before) that you should be proud. Even if certain people frown upon your 'shyness' now, they're ignorant, and you'll meet many more people in the future that will value your thoughtfulness and compassion. You can be both shy and quietly confident at the same time.

I don't undestand people saying, being am introvert/extrovert sucks. Just love yourself the way you are.

Because I am an introvert, I barely get any words to speak in front of or to a crowd.

We introverts believe, complete silence is better than “small talk” our earphones is our bestfriend most of the time just to avoid unecessary small talk. Warm smile is the best thing we can offer 😊 silence is very much appreciated.

Same happend when I was kid, Always same reports to my parents, by the teachers.

Magnificent young lady. Thank you for Standing up and speaking on behalf of all of us Introverts. Kudos!

I was looking for someone like me and I found this girl Who else is proud to talk less but imagine more?

I definitely think schools and workplaces need to improve on this. It needs to be more widely recognised and considered.

God bless her soul. As my heart lights up with sparks when i listen to this speech 😍

This was an amazing speech! Yes, I am an introvert and I really relate to this video. Being an introvert is not being a shy, non-talkative, or a rude person. No, being an introvert is being creative minded, brilliant, and skilled at reading the actions but also mood of other people. Like also every introvert I am quiet, that can effect how people truly see me in their own light but for me I don't exactly care. I have my circle of close friends and I like it the way it is for an introvert like me. Of course I want to make friends, of course I want to speak my thoughts to other people, and of course I want to be. An extrovert. But I know that changing myself won't do anything for anyone, and I'll never turn into an extrovert. I love every single minute I get of just quiet, it makes me calm and I don't have to deal with the over and over pounding of stress and anxiety. I tend to have an interesting mind on paper though. Drawing and sketching, any of those I love because I can what ever thought that processes in my mind then I can go through it and make it. I come off as a rude person at school though because I don't talk too much. According to one of my close friend she says, "You have a weird vibe to you, I can understand why people would think you're an introvert." Of course she only made a joke and me and her laughed it off but then I started focusing on that sentence. "People think that?" I wasn't a introverted type at all. At least that's what I was thinking. I realized that I don't show emotion at all, it's like when I looked at myself I never realized until that one day. I just get so lost in thought and feelings that I don't even say anything, that's what introverts do. I learned to accept it a while ago and I'm still believing. I think that introverts are amazing people on the inside and out. They are amazing and talented and they can have a variety of different unique ways of showing it. If you're an introvert, thank you for reading this and consider yourself as an extraordinary person. Please, in the future find hope, peace, and love somewhere in your life because you surely will find it. I am a middle schooler and this is my comment speech.

so happy to see so many people sharing same mindset as i have. love ya all

I started my RU-vid Channel for Introverts and those dealing with Anxiety because as an introvert I believe we need more people talking about introversion and anxiety in order to bring awareness and a sense of normalcy.

Being an introvert is not the same as being shy, I am an introvert and I am not even remotely shy!

Being an introvert is the best thing in world

"Hello my name is introvert."

Shyness has nothing to do with being an introvert, they are two separate things

If she calls herself an introvert then I must be an extremely introverted intorevrt :/

I completely agree. But some introverts do participate in classes.

I love being an introvert. I’m perfectly fine being alone. It makes life easier in my opinion cause I’m not creating superficial relationships just really special and few ones unlike extroverts who talk to anyone and everyone

Thankyou young lady for speaking about this. From childhood I have been mocked for simply being an introvert. I have taken over 50 years to understand this, and not be afraid to be myself.

Honestly I find this very relatable as an introvert I feel society has placed a stigma on us that it's a bad thing to be an introvert and it's even caused my own mother to say it to me, not going to lie that did hurt a lot and made me start to believe it. But then I realised I have nothing to be ashamed of because introversion made me who I am, it's made me more intelligent than I would have been (not to say extroverts are below par in intelligence, my brother is certainly an example of that) and I wouldn't have myself any other way than I am now. Also good work on the speaker, she sounds confident but you can tell she's a little nervous but she's powering through and she even messed up at one point and played it off like a pro.

I suddenly became conscious to how introverted I am and I saw my classmates and others who are extroverted and popular..I feel leftout all the time.

From today i will keep saying myself "I could talk like anyone, its no BIG DEAL" thank you

As an introvert, I can feel the freedom of being one. because there is nothing to care about friends because I don't have.

One thing why introverts like me won't share their ideas: *Plagiarism*

If there is a person who loves being introverted, it's me ..... i love my personality and i have never pretended to be otherwise. I know who i am and I love it

I’m an introvert but I don’t get nervous in public speaking anymore and almost enjoy it. I get to speak without interruption. I just need to be prepared and I’ll speak loud and confidently in front of a room of people.

I cried because this has always been my story 😢❤ thank you for this!!!!!!

Actually , when I read for the very first time I have no fear of public speaking but then all the kids start making fun of me bcz my voice is little bit low from that day I'm an introvert...Now I'm not able to speak in front of 4 people... They broke all my confidence "People aren't born sad we make them that way "

Great speech..!!! Introverts are not the kind of persons who will raise their voice to every topic(they know or they might not it) but they will raise their voice to the topic(they mastered it) at that time you cant even stop him or her because they are the masters and others have to listen them.

My parents always hate the fact that I'm an introvert, they tell me to speak up more in class , participate in class activities but they don't understand what I'm going through. They tell me to be more social, as an introvert I don't go out to parties or sneak out to hang out with friends. Ive noticed in my society that extroverts are more likely to be in trouble. Why can't my parents just be happy that I'm not an alcoholic and that I never get in trouble. 😔

I am an introvert. Everytime society tells me to start speaking I come to this comment section. It is so heartwarming seeing so many introverts unite together and share their experiences. The worst part is people think I am egoistical because I don't talk. But this comment section makes me feel better. You guys are the best!

I am introverted. Thanks.

Great talk! I was a shy introvert most of my life, but I finally had a breakthrough just within a year! Thanks to the mentor I learned from! I am forever grateful to have found him!

Dear Crystal Robello, I’m 59 years old, and today I’ve learned so much from you. Thank you for a great presentation 👍❤️🌹

1:28 Every year at parent-teacher interviews my parents would hear the same thing, your daughter is very shy." Do you relate with this?

Awesome talk! Am an introvert and am proud to be. Introvert people talk when its needed and to say meaningful things. We are more than you can see from the outside.

I am so happy that I am not alone..

Watching this amazing talk and reading the comments make me finally realize that I'm an introvert. as a child, I was so active, energetic and talkative, but growing up, I gradually see myself so lonely. there was a time that I had nothing to say, it seemed awkward around everyone, even with my best friends and my family... I had no idea what was wrong with me, and when it became so silent and awkward I said silly things, just asked a question so many times and tried to make sounds to drown out. Sometimes I think talking is the hardest thing in the world... But recently, I've found out that all I need to do is being myself, say what I think ( not make up sth to avoid silence), just being comfortable with my true feelings and my head will feel lighter. Along with being an introvert, I'm kind of a person who think a lot and easily get negative feelings: I can be mean, jealous, arrogant even though I want to smile and happy. As a monitor in my class, I feel depressed often, at first they all didn't listen to me, and now after 5 months, they do, just because they have to, and I've struggled a lot but we can't really get along, can't tease each other and I feel like I'm not cut out for this position, I'm afraid I'm not good enough (in both study or personality). there are other girls better than me: they're prettier, richer, dynamic and don't think as much as me. All I have is a responsibility and high scores, though recently not like that. I don't hate being an introvert as it helps me meet good friends, and know myself clearly, but I hate the fact that I can't stop thinking, worrying, being anxious and not confident to show what I got, which resulted in me being angry and upset because others take that chance ....... ANYONE READING THIS, I'd be so grateful to read what you think about my case, thank you♥

I'm an introvert that's why I have no friends, and everyone hates me.

the quietest people have the loudest minds

Every Ted talk ever has the phrase "you're probably all thinking..."

She is a great public speaker.......I listen to tedx talk to help me in speeches and public speaking

If it's that dark, I mean when I can't see the audience, I feel confident