Jade Joddle

Introverted
Personality Test
Find out what kind of introvert you are

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Contents

Foreword 3
Note from Jade Joddle

Test Instructions 4
Testing process

Score Chart 5
Mark your score

Test Questions 6
Take the test

Personality Profiles and Types 12

Discover your score

Note on the Introverted 27

Personality Test
What to do now

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Foreword
Note from Jade Joddle

As a highly introverted person, I am speaking from I worked hard on myself to lose the feeling of social
experience when I say that I know how challenging it can awkwardness that once followed me wherever I went.
be living as an introvert in a world built for extroverts. Yet, My own journey to social openness as an introvert took
once we have learnt to manage our personalities and to more than ten years because I had nobody to point the way
follow our own truth, we find that we become comfortable and I had to figure out the process through experimentation.
in our social selves and at peace with our personality type. I have now reached a point where I am able to share what
We finally learn to work with our personality, rather than I have learnt about introversion and communication blocks
against it. with others.

Being introverted is only a disadvantage as long as you Stay tuned to my YouTube channel, ‘JJ Conversation Skills’,
have not faced and dealt with the communication blocks to know more about beating communication blocks and
that may be holding you back in life. I have designed this living your truth as an introvert in an extrovert’s world.
test for you as an introvert to learn more about your
personality type. You may find your test results indicate
the presence of communication blocks that are holding you
back from being comfortable in social interaction. Where
the life-limiting blocks are felt, you will feel disconnected,
socially anxious or awkward. Until you face these blocks,
you will always feel held back in life.

The thing to know about communication blocks is that

you don’t have to suffer them forever. It is in your power
to do the inner work it takes for you to demand a more
socially confident future for yourself. If you find that your
test answers indicate that you experience shame or social
anxiety in social interaction, you even have a duty to yourself
to create a different future for yourself, as I have done.

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Test Instructions
Testing process

There are 50 questions in the Introverted Personality Test. For each question you must either choose
to agree or disagree with the statement given. Whenever you agree with the statement, make a note of
the letter(s) placed to the right of the question. When you disagree with the statement there is no letter.

1 Meeting new people makes agree disagree M

me feel drained.

At the end of the test use the chart on page five to tally up your score of the different letters.
For some questions, when you agree with the statement you will need to write down more
than one letter.

Key Total Your Score

M = Introvert 13 9
Once you are done with the chart, you can compare your score with the different personality
types listed from page 13 onwards.

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Score Chart
Mark your score

Key Total Your Score

M = Introvert 13

V = Self-Contained Introvert 3

O = Extrovert 17

N = Shy Introvert 3

L = Ambivert 0

R = Shy Extrovert 5

Q = Highly Sensitive Person 6

K = Empath 3

Z = Schizoid 3

J = Avoidant Personality Disorder 11

G = Social Anxiety Disorder 10

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Test Questions
Take the test

1 Meeting new people makes agree disagree M

me feel drained.

2 I prefer to listen rather than talk agree disagree M

when meeting new people.

3 I am most comfortable in group agree disagree O

conversation rather than in one-to-one
conversation with new people.

4 I am uncomfortable when agree disagree Q

around loud people.

5 I often can’t think of anything agree disagree NRJG

interesting to say in conversation.

6 When I speak, I am often agree disagree NRJG

ignored by people.

7 In busy environments such as agree disagree QK

shopping malls, I tire very quickly.

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8 When I meet a new person I am agree disagree OV
curious about, I make an effort
to start a converstion.

9 I like to be the centre of attention. agree disagree O

10 Strangers often approach agree disagree O

me to engage in conversation.

11 I enjoy expressing myself agree disagree M

in writing because I can be precise.

12 It is easy for me to talk spontaneously agree disagree O

about anything to anyone.

13 I enjoy talking in detail about abstract agree disagree M

or theoretical topics of conversation.

14 I am interested to know about agree disagree O

people’s daily lives.

15 I am generally bored agree disagree M

by polite conversation.

16 I feel good when I spend agree disagree M

time alone in nature.

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17 Whenever conversation bores me, agree disagree M
I start to daydream.

18 Whenever conversation bores me, agree disagree OV

I change the topic.

19 I enjoy light-hearted social banter. agree disagree O

20 I feel comfortable asking people agree disagree O

I have just met personal questions
as part of small talk.

21 I have a wide network of friends agree disagree O

and acquaintances.

22 I have no friends. agree disagree JZ

23 Outside of work or school, agree disagree JZ

I prefer to spend all my time alone.

24 I am comfortable with silence agree disagree MV

when among friends.

25 I feel awkward around quiet people. agree disagree RO

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26 Bright lights in a room give me agree disagree QK
a headache and drain my energy.

27 Loud and repetitive noises agree disagree QK

disturb me.

28 Overheard telephone conversations agree disagree Q

ruin my concentration.

29 I am tormented by other agree disagree Q

people’s loud music.

30 I don’t like people, so I avoid them. agree disagree Z

31 I feel lonely when I agree disagree O

have to spend time alone.

32 I sometimes feel lonely when I am agree disagree GJ

with a group of people.

33 I am most productive when working agree disagree M

or studying alone.

34 It is difficult for me to study agree disagree O

for an exam alone.

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35 I am more of a talker than a doer. agree disagree O

36 If possible, I prefer to spend agree disagree O

my lunch breaks socialising
with colleagues.

37 I don’t usually say hello first. agree disagree MJG

38 I sometimes leave without saying agree disagree GJ

goodbye to avoid awkwardness.

39 My favourite hobbies are things agree disagree M

I can do alone.

40 I have just a couple of people whom agree disagree M

I consider friends.

41 I don’t like to talk in meetings/answer agree disagree GJ

questions in class.

42 I dread introducing myself agree disagree GJ

to a group of people.

43 I consider myself to be outgoing. agree disagree O

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44 I use alcohol in social situations agree disagree N
to help me be more confident
and outgoing.

45 I often wish that I had the confidence agree disagree R

to approach an interesting group
of people and start talking.

46 I wouldn’t be comfortable going agree disagree GR

to the cinema or a café alone.

47 I try my best to avoid people agree disagree GJ

so that it isn’t awkward.

48 I have a reputation for agree disagree O

putting my foot in it.

49 I don’t like to receive special agree disagree GJ

attention on my birthday.

50 Most of the time, I am reserved, agree disagree M

but when I am performing,
I come alive.

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Personality Profiles
and Types
Discover your score

Once you have completed your chart you can then

refer to the Introverted Personality Profiles on the
following pages.

Use the profiles to find out about your introverted

personality. Where you have scored highly for one
of the letters/Introverted Personality Profiles, it will
give you an indication of aspects of your introverted
personality that may be holding you back in life.
There are 11 different Introverted Personality
Profiles. Where you score highly for a particular
profile, it provides insight into your personality.

You may find you have a mixture of introverted and

extroverted tendencies, which is to be expected for
most people. To have a blend of introverted and
extroverted tendencies would suggest that you are
an ambivert.

If you see that you score highly within the

personality profiles for social anxiety, schizoid,
or avoidant personality disorder, it is important
to note that this test is not intended to be an official
diagnosis. A full consultation with a professional
would be needed in order to make a diagnosis.
The aim of the test is to help you understand
aspects of your social personality and point you
in the right direction by showing you where your
communication blocks may lie.

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The Self-Contained Introvert

This personality profile represents the nature of a

highly introverted person at its most developed. This

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person is at ease with themselves, speaking only
when they feel like it and when they have something
relevant to say. They do not need to fill up social
silence with words because they are communicating
the whole time anyway, albeit a different kind of
communication that happens without words.

Most highly introverted people do not realise they

are able to communicate in silence; it’s a kind of
feeling-orientated telepathy in which they are
sensitive to the atmosphere around them and
how people feel within it. It’s an ability that highly
introverted people tend to take for granted when,
in fact, most people are not sensitive to this extra-
sensory information. The majority of people can
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only communicate at the level of words, not feelings.
Overview
Although it may be hard to recognise in yourself as Any score here means you are likely
an adult, it can be observed when highly introverted to be a self-contained introvert.
children are able to play together in silence. For
example, two introverted children cooperate in their Score 1
play to build a sandcastle together. The castle gets
built without them needing to exchange a word. You are doing well already, though could benefit
from learning to manage your energy better.
The children are not exchanging instructions through
telepathic thoughts, but they are exchanging feelings.
Score of 3
You already know how to live your truth as an
introvert – success is guaranteed!

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Each child is able to feel that the other child is People tend to think that introverts are emotionally
comfortable and enjoying their quiet play together. cold and extroverts are emotionally open
They are enjoying themselves, sharing their because introverts don’t speak as much. Yet, this
contented feelings with one other (if you are highly is not the case when introverts have faced their
introverted you might assume that everyone has communication blocks. Self-contained introverts
this ability). Unlike other children, they don’t need and extroverts are both open, though in different
to use words in order to share and experience a ways. Self-contained introverts are, in fact, extremely
sense of connection. It is only as we become older open in the sense that they are able to perceive
that this kind of feeling-orientated communication subtle extra-sensory information. We mistakenly
preference becomes a limitation. To make a think that introverts are cold people, when really
mark in the world, we need to be good verbal their reserve is just the social mask they are forced
communicators, too, which is always the weaker to wear. This mask of social reserve develops
mode of communication for highly introverted as a consequence of their need to maintain
people. Learning to become an effective verbal their distance from people due to their inherent
communicator as a highly introverted person is openness/sensitivity at a feeling level. They wear
a difficult (but not impossible) thing to do – it’s this mask of reserve so that people who might be
like a right-handed person being forced to write draining don’t come too close.
calligraphy with their left hand.
While introverts start off cold when they first meet
Highly introverted people have a heightened someone and gradually warm up as they get
sense of perception in which they take in a lot to know them and feel safe to do so, extroverts
of information about the feeling atmospheres move in the opposite direction. Introverts start off
around them. They understand people and what guarded as a form of self-protection in unfamiliar
is happening in a situation without needing social situations (though for shy and socially
to exchange words. They don’t need to talk anxious introverts, this protective function is in
much because there is so much they are able to overdrive, building around them a lonely wall of
understand in silence. Yet, when self-contained disconnection). Extroverts, on the other hand,
introverts do have something to say, their speech start off socially warm and move in the opposite
is to the point, and what they want to say is clearly direction if they see someone behaving in a way
expressed. They are confident communicators that displeases them. Another way of putting this is
because they are free of communication blocks and to say that introverts are forced to be more socially
social anxiety. When they decide to speak up, they cautious in order to protect their energy.
are able to hold our attention, even though they do
not possess the energetic communication style of
extroverts. They also exude a calm, poised energy
through their economy with words.

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The Introvert

The introvert personality profile represents a person

with a strong internal focus. Whereas introverts

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direct their attention inwards to their thoughts and
feelings, extroverts train their attention on what
is happening around them. Extroverts are curious
about other people, because to interact with others
engages their external focus. It helps to see this
difference between introverts and extroverts as a
habit of the mind being pulled towards the state in
which it feels most familiar.

Introverts are most comfortable when their

internal focus is engaged, and therefore may be
uncomfortable at times in situations where they are
pulled out of this state for too long. For this reason
introverts may find busy situations where a lot of
social interaction is expected of them to be draining.
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Score
On the other hand, an extrovert with a strong external
focus does not like to be alone for any stretch of time, Overview
since being alone cannot stimulate their attention. The more points you score here, the more
introverted you are.
As an introvert, having a strong internal focus
means you have the capacity for deep thinking and Score 8+
reflection. This habit of your mind can take you far
in life. If applied, you can surge forward to develop You are likely to be a highly introverted person.
You may need to make changes in your life to
your character as you reflect upon your experience stay healthy and happy.
and learn lessons in life. You may also channel this
sharp focus into your work and studies. For creative Score of 3
introverts, mastery of your creative skill is available
You are in some ways introverted, but your primary
to you because you have the patience it takes to focus is ambivert/extrovert.
keep working towards your goal until you have
refined and perfected your art.

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However, the downside of having an internal focus
is that you may get overly caught up in negative
thought patterns and anxious emotional states.
Since your focus is constantly looking inwards, you
could be in the habit of dwelling on your problems
rather than moving through them and getting on
with life. More than this, any experience of anxiety
in social interaction may pull you out of the social
moment and leave you feeling disconnected, even
when you are with friends. In general, you miss
opportunities because you are either not aware of
what is happening around you, or you do not seize
the moment.

In terms of voice and body posture, introversion

is reflected by a person who speaks more quietly
and slowly in general and is more held back in
terms of facial expression and gesture. The overall
impression given varies from reserved, to tranquil
to awkward. Introverts who can learn to let go in
the social moment to show more of themselves will
improve how they feel during social interaction.

It is possible to develop your character in order to

grow beyond the life-limiting aspects of introversion.
When that is achieved, you are able to keep the
introvert’s strong internal focus to apply to your
work and personal development. At the same time,
you become more open and dynamic in social
situations. For information about how to change
in the right ways as an introvert, stay tuned to my
YouTube channel, ‘Introverts by Jade’.

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The Extrovert

If you tend to enjoy yourself in busy environments

with a lot of people, then you are likely to be an

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extrovert. The world we live in is organised around
your communication and social preferences, which
gives you an advantage over introverts in terms of
career advancement. As an extrovert, the social
impulse comes naturally to you. You are likely to
have a wide network of friends and acquaintances
and will feel energised by social interaction.

Extroverts who do not experience social anxiety

come across as being self-confident. It is easy for
them to begin a conversation with people they don’t
know and, in general, they hate to feel as if they are
missing out on something.
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Score

Overview
To score few points here suggests the internal
focus of an introvert.

Score 1-3
You are likely to have an introverted focus. You would
benefit from learning how to become more extroverted
in social situations.

Score 12-16
You are likely to be highly extroverted. Opportunities
may flow easily to you in life, but you may not achieve
mastery in your creative endeavours.

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The Shy Introvert

The shy introvert suffers greatly because they

have not overcome their communication blocks.

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Shyness and awkwardness are suffocating, familiar
feelings as they go about their day. They tend to be
highly critical of themselves, focusing on their self-
perceived inadequacies, which they replay over and
over again in their unforgiving internal narrative.

Many shy introverts decide to lead a life of social

avoidance. This means that if they can avoid
speaking and interacting with someone directly,
especially in an unfamiliar situation, they will. They
adopt this strategy to avoid situations that press
against their emotional wounds to cause them pain
or shame. However, avoidance is an ineffective
strategy because it is only by facing your social fears
repeatedly, and gently pushing against your blocks
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Score
in defiance of them, that you ultimately triumph
over them. Overview
Any score here means you are likely to have social
anxiety or shyness issues. Learning how to breathe
deeply will help you manage your anxiety better.

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The Ambivert

Ambiverts see in themselves a mix of introverted and

extroverted traits. It may be that they are outgoing

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and lively when among their close friends and
family, but shy and reserved among new people.
Or it might be that although they enjoy socialising
with a big group of friends at times, they also find
that spending time alone, pursuing their hobbies
helps them to recharge and refresh. The best way
to decide if you are an ambivert is to think about
when you feel most energised: is it when you are
alone doing your own thing or when you are in the
company of friends?

If your answer is that it depends on the company

of the people you’re around, then you’re likely to
be an ambivert. With the right people, you feel
energised and uplifted, whereas you’d rather avoid
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Score
the company of the average person because you’re
just not interested in them. For ambiverts, whether Overview
you engage or not depends on the people you’re No score here is possible. You are likely to be an
around. You’re not curious about everyone, and only ambivert if your results show a mixture of introverted
and extroverted traits.
reach out to initiate conversation when somebody
interests you or when it will be to your advantage.

As an ambivert personality, you have a foot in both

camps and may use that to your advantage. Being
around people all the time isn’t as draining for you
as it tends to be to introverts; as long as you get
space when you need it, you can function easily in
social environments. Unlike for introverted people,
it also doesn’t go so strongly against your nature to
join in with the social moment and immerse yourself
in a group. At the same time, you don’t find yourself
constantly hankering to be around people. If
something interesting is happening, you’ll be there.
But quiet days spent at home are not a problem
either as you always find something to do.

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The Shy Extrovert

It is a common misconception that all extroverts

are confident and outgoing. Due to the association

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of shyness with introversion, it is not unusual for
extroverts who suffer from shyness to mistakenly
identify themselves as being introverted. They
think that the reason they don’t feel right in social
situations is because they must be introverted, when
in truth, they feel that way because they are not
interacting socially in the way that’s right for them.

When an extrovert is shy, what is happening is that

they have communication blocks preventing them
from expressing their true nature. It might be that
their blocks make them feel unworthy to join in the
conversation with others. It could be that they fear
being shamed for doing or saying the wrong thing.
Whatever the root of the communication block(s),
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Score
shy extroverts feel within them a persistent yearning
to reach out to people and be part of the moment, Overview
but due to their communication blocks, they hold To score any points here shows that you
themselves back and stay on the outside where they are likely to be a shy extrovert.

feel disconnected. They are curious about people

and want to be involved, but their social fears are Score 1-2
too great for them to overcome. The feeling of not
being able to join in, even though they want to, You are shy in some situations. Learning how
to breathe deeply will help you manage your
makes them deeply unhappy. anxiety better.

Score 5
You are likely to be extremely held back and troubled
by shyness. You have severe communication blocks.

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There is a key difference between shy extroverts
and introverts in terms of how strongly they want
to belong to a group. While in theory, introverts
may muse that it would be good if they could
change to become more lively and social, and
therefore fit in better into an extrovert’s world, it
doesn’t really bother them if they are not involved
in what is happening. They can stay on the outside
observing. Once an introvert has attained a sense
of self-acceptance, they are perfectly happy in
their independence. It would be impossible for shy
extroverts to experience this kind of detachment in
a social situation, however. Their impulse is always
to belong and be a part of what is happening.

The shy extrovert’s compelling need to connect,

which at the same time causes them anxiety due
to their blocks, sometimes brings them to use
alcohol as a means of opening up and masking their
shyness. In contrast, self-contained introverts don’t
need to join the group in order to feel a connection,
since they are able to absorb feeling information
and achieve a sense of connection, even while
staying on the fringes of the group.

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The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)

There is some overlap between being an HSP and

introversion to the extent that the majority of highly

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introverted people will recognise the signs of being
an HSP in themselves. Highly sensitive people are
extremely sensitive to their environment. Extroverts
can also be highly sensitive to their environment in
the same ways, though it is quite rare. The way an
HSP experiences their senses is more attuned than
most people, which is at times felt to be unpleasant,
leading to sensory overload. For people who are
HSPs, there will be particular sensory triggers that
make them feel uncomfortable. All of the senses can
be affected, though most HSPs find that there are
two to three senses that are felt especially keenly.
When these senses are triggered, it is distressing.

HSP triggers include loud music, unpleasant odours,

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Score
strong scents such as perfumes, bright lights,
repetitive noises, loud noises, loud talking, flashing Overview
lights, and particular textures (usually man-made) To score highly here shows the degree of
that feel uncomfortable next to the skin. When a HSP your sensitivity.

experiences a sensory trigger, they can’t ignore it.

If they can’t avoid it, the trigger saps them of their Score 4-6
energy. In the same way that a HSP is sensitive to
their environment and wastes their energy whenever You will find it difficult to work in busy and chaotic
environments. You are advised to learn how to
their senses are overstimulated, introverts can be manage your energy to stay healthy and happy.
said to be sensitive to the presence of people. For
introverts, just being around certain people will be
intensely draining to them.

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The Empath

Empaths are people who have porous auras and,

because of this, they absorb the emotions of the

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people they are around. In one sense, being an
empath is a gift because it means you have an
intuitive understanding of others and of what you can
do to meet their needs effectively. You have a great
instinct for people, which comes in handy because
it means it’s difficult to pull the wool over your eyes.
In another sense, the gift of empathy is difficult to
manage in daily life due to the strong emotions
experienced by others, which are unconsciously
absorbed by you, disturbing your balance. Empaths
who have learnt to manage their sensitivity tend to
avoid situations that are felt to be disruptive to them.
They are drawn towards peaceful environments.

To lead a balanced life, empaths constantly need

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Score
to cleanse themselves of the negativity they absorb
from others or else they cannot be at peace. Empaths Overview
find busy, chaotic environments such as shopping To score here means you are likely to be sensitive
malls or crowds to be disturbing. They avoid them to your environment and you have strong intuition.

if they can. Extroverted empaths have stronger

psychic boundaries and do not find themselves so Score 3
strongly influenced by their environment. They take in
information about the feelings of others, but it does You are extremely sensitive to your environment.
You are advised to avoid crowds and busy places.
not drain them.

HSP and empathy are different terms for the same

set of sensitivities. While HSP is a more clinical-
scientific definition, empathy holds within it the idea
of increased sensitivity being a psychic gift.

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The Schizoid

To be an introvert is not a personality disorder. In

its purest sense, it means that you have a need for

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solitude because time alone is how you generate
your energy. This is very different to having schizoid
personality disorder, where those with the disorder
have no need for the company of others and actively
avoid people. Their communication blocks form
a severe shell through which they cannot express
themselves. They are not able to express emotion,
even anger, when under provocation. Schizoids
choose to avoid intimacy with others. But despite
spending so much time alone, they never experience
loneliness because their need for connection
has been shut down and repressed. In contrast,
introverts do experience loneliness when their social
needs are unmet. Total
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Score
A schizoid does not want the company of others,
whereas introverts still have within them the need Overview
for social connection. In the right circumstances Any score here signifies severe communication blocks,
and among the right people, introverts do enjoy potentially as a consequence of childhood trauma.

socialising. It may be that schizoids are introverts

who have experienced extreme childhood trauma Score 1-3
from which they have never recovered. This could
lead to the social impulse being cut off due to the You are advised to seek professional help so that
you can expand your self-expression and connect
worst kind of blocks that were caused by severe with people for a fuller life.
childhood trauma.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

People with avoidant personality disorder long

to be social, but they have crushing blocks that

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mean they avoid social interaction. At the root of
this personality disorder lies overwhelming shame
related to the fear of not being accepted by others.
It means that they live with the constant fear of
saying or doing the wrong thing in social interaction.
They often find that they cannot talk, even when it’s
really important and, for this, they feel exasperated
about themselves. Their wounds are so easily
pressed in social interaction that avoidance of
people and situations where they might have to
talk becomes a strategy for them to avoid pain.
Yet, since they still have a deep need for social
interaction, they feel isolated and depressed by
their disconnected loneliness. Total
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Score
A person with avoidant personality disorder is
extremely watchful of themselves due to their fear Overview
of doing something wrong. This means they can To score here may signify severe communication
never enter the flow state of socialising in the blocks, potentially as a consequence of severe
childhood trauma.
present moment, during which communication
happens spontaneously, free from anxiety. People Score 5+
with the disorder do not know what it feels like
to be relaxed in a social environment. More than You are advised to seek professional help so that
you can expand your self-expression and connect
anything, it is their hyper vigilance of themselves with people for a fuller life.
that prevents this from happening. They tend to
have such a high degree of self-loathing combined
with pessimism that they actively expect themselves
to do something foolish during social interaction.
When this belief is combined with anxiety, making
a fool of oneself becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Social Anxiety Disorder

Social anxiety disorder is best described as extreme

shyness. There is some overlap with avoidant

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personality disorder in that shameful feelings are
experienced in everyday situations where verbal
communication is required. When a person is shy
to this degree, it means they feel embarrassed
in situations that are not a cause of anxiety for
most people. Simply needing to order something
in a shop may bring about unbearable, shameful
anxiety. Not only will they feel nervous, but they
may additionally experience physical symptoms
such as shaking, sweating or blushing. On top of
these unpleasant sensations, a background of
self-loathing can be a factor due to frustration with
themselves because of their nervousness.
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Overview
To score highly here shows that shyness
is a life-limiting problem for you.

Score 1-4
You are shy in some circumstances, and this holds
you back. You are advised to press against the
edges of your shyness to grow stronger.

Score 6-10
Shyness is likely to be a serious issue that makes
social interaction painful to you. You may wish
to try introvert coaching.

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Notes on the Introverted
Personality Test
What to do now

Every ‘agree’ answer given in the test is associated reasons behind why you tend to feel anxious or
with at least one personality type or personality awkward when socialising. The more knowledge
profile. Seeing your test results can provide insight you have about your social personality, the more
into your personality. Every ‘agree’ answer indicates effectively you are able to work to make the
an aspect of your social personality. You may necessary changes in your life.
find that you have a mixture of introverted and
extroverted tendencies, which is to be expected The experience of suffering from a personality
for most people. To have a blend of introverted disorder such as schizoid or avoidant personality
and extroverted tendencies would suggest that disorder is life-limiting. If you identified with any of
you are an ambivert. the signs of these personality disorders, it may be the
result of communication blocks that you have not yet
If you answered ‘agree’ to questions that indicate faced. Where communication blocks are severe and
social anxiety, schizoid, or avoidant personality feelings of shyness or awkwardness are very strong,
disorder, it is important to note that this test does an experience of childhood trauma is likely to be at
not diagnose you with those personality profiles or the root of your communication problems.
disorder. Just because you are sometimes shy in
social interaction, it does not mean that you have No matter how shy or socially anxious you may
avoidant personality disorder. A full consultation now feel, the damage can be reversed as long
with a professional would be needed in order to as you are willing to make changes in your life
make a diagnosis. and face your blocks. The work you need to do is
introspective, requiring patience and persistence.
The aim of the test is not to diagnose you with any But you can reach a point where you have changed
personality disorder, but to point you in the right enough to make these painful feelings disappear
direction and show you where your blocks may lie. when socialising.
If you see that aspects of your social personality
reflect one or more of the personality disorders,
you can then do your own research in order to
understand more about your social self and the

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For people whose ‘agree’ answers signified mainly
introverted traits, it is important to know that
being an introvert is not a personality disorder.
It is merely a personality type that requires you
to organise your life in a different way in order to
stay energised, healthy and happy. When you have
faced your communication blocks, you have no
feelings of shyness, awkwardness or disconnection
in social environments. You are complete in yourself,
yet connected at the same time. When this is
achieved, you’ll feel proud to see the world from
an introvert’s perspective.

To find out more about how to live your truth as an

introvert, visit my website:

www.jadejoddle.com

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