Adrian K.Finally found a social group I feel I could belong to: #Otroverts, unite! (however we want, each in our own way, on our own terms, no conformity required). 😎
Janet FraserTIL about #otroverts and thank my lucky stars.
Throughout our lives, our social conditioning reinforces the one immutable cultural principle in our society: that group membership is a prerequisite for a rich and rewarding life. And while this is true for many people, it is not true for otroverts.
We put so much stock in communality that a different stance is understood as pathology. Otroverts are perceived as weird and wrong for preferring solitude over socialising, and subjected to peer pressure from well-meaning people who genuinely desire their companionship or who would hate for them to “miss out” on all the fun. What these people fail to realise is that for otroverts, there is great freedom and fulfilment in sitting on the sidelines.
#RamiKaminski
HïMY SYeD🟩
"So if Introverts look inwards,
and Extroverts outwards,
where the hell do Otroverts look?
Neither of the above.
“Their fundamental orientation is defined by the fact that it is rarely the same direction that anyone else is facing.”
Tane Piper ⁂"#Otroverts place no trust in any group formed around an abstract idea or circumstance of birth, such as ideology, politics, race, economy, religion, and nationality, which exist only in the collective mind. For them, the idea of unquestionable devotion to a group of people linked by a set of tacit criteria agreed upon by the group’s members makes little sense, no matter how venerable that group is in the eyes of the majority"
BigDAn exert from a RNZ article got me thinking about my own "vert".
I have over time enjoyed team, committee, group involvement, but my contribution has sometimes ruffled a feather or two in other members,mainly because I often see a different path to consider that might counter the herd.
I like outside the square thinking. It may not work, but I enjoy the thinking about it.
Importantly, sometimes it did work.
So I believe my personality fits in with the Otroverts.
#otroverts
Exert:
Teamwork is essential for progress, but because an individual's thinking tends to be influenced by other members of a group, otroverts - who often work solitarily and "untethered" - can help spark fresh ideas.
Because they value authenticity over belonging, Kaminski says these people can help counter the dangers of 'groupthink' - a psychological phenomenon where a desire for conformity leads to dysfunctional decision-making.
"Otroverts are usually good at deciding things for themselves. There's no one that can tell them what is good for them or what they should think. "
In the realm of politics, groupthink can be highly destructive, Kaminski says, and the free-thinking perspective of otroverts can act "almost an antidote".
"They can illuminate from the outside something that the group sometimes forgets to even stop and think about."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/relationships/are-you-an-otrovert
earthlingThe Gift of Not Belonging How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners by Rami Kaminski, 2025
From a renowned psychiatrist comes the first book to explore the otrovert personality—someone who feels like an outsider in any group—revealing all the advantages of being an otrovert.
