PHOTOGRAPH: MICHAEL GLASS
I think there are parallels between the way introverts and women have been treated by society. Both are discounted for traits that go to the core of who they are. But things are now changing in terms of personality diversity. I’m seeing all kinds of people standing up and wanting to claim introvert status, like it’s suddenly cool!
I didn’t know the word, or the concept of, introversion until i was an adult, but I had been thinking about this idea since I was about four years old. You are so aware that your way of being is very different to people around you – and unfortunately, from what is expected of you.