IntrovertEnergy.com?

[Da Blob]

gmail is kind of scary at times. i have noticed that some of the Ads really are specific to me as part of a really small target market...
Anyway, a link to IntrovertEnergy, was posted and I followed it up...

The link below is to a page of "Freebies". Many of the topics seem potentially interesting(?)

http://www.introvertenergy.com/freestuff.php

The Introvert Energizer archive

If you are wondering what the bi-weekly The Introvert Energizer newsletter is all about, check out the archives below.


Volume 1, Issue 1, 7/18/07 The "Conscious Introvert"
Volume 1, Issue 2, 7/30/07 Slow is Beautiful!
Volume 1, Issue 3, 8/10/07 Collecting "Hap Hits"
Volume 1, Issue 4, 8/23/07 Learning the Easy Way
Volume 1, Issue 5, 9/13/07 Extroverting at the Fair
Volume 1, Issue 6, 9/27/07 The Introvert Way
Volume 1, Issue 7, 10/11/07 Going Slower
Volume 1, Issue 8, 10/25/07 Smiling Patience
Volume 1, Issue 9, 11/08/07 Amused Curiosity and Lame Jokes
Volume 1, Issue 10, 11/29/07 12 Things & a Long Hot Bath
Volume 2, Issue 1, 01/10/08 Introvertly Happy
Volume 2, Issue 2, 01/24/08 Doing the Right Thing
Volume 2, Issue 3, 02/14/08 No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
Volume 2, Issue 4, 02/28/08 Enough
Volume 2, Issue 6, 03/27/08 The Introvert Smile
Volume 2, Issue 7, 04/10/08 Stewarding Our Energy
Volume 2, Issue 8, 04/24/08 Going on Vacation
Volume 2, Issue 9, 05/08/08 "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway"
Volume 2, Issue 10, 05/22/08 Where's the Down Time?!
Volume 2, Issue 11, 06/12/08 Working Happily Ever After
Volume 2, Issue 12, 07/10/08 Introvert Grandmother
Volume 2, Issue 13, 07/24/08 The Care and Feeding of Introverts
Volume 2, Issue 14, 08/14/08 Write On!
Volume 2, Issue 15, 08/28/08 Introvert Small Talk
Volume 2, Issue 16, 09/29/08 Drained by Joy
Volume 2, Issue 17, 10/23/08 "Slow Down and Feel the Energy"
Volume 2, Issue 18, 11/20/08 Quiet Leadership
Volume 2, Issue 19, 12/11/08 "This is the Time for Introverts!"
Volume 3, Issue 1, 01/08/09 Bathtub Reading
Volume 3, Issue 2, 01/22/09 Introvert Response Ability
Volume 3, Issue 3, 02/12/09 Spotting Introverts
Volume 3, Issue 4, 03/12/09 "Ask Without Hesitation…."
Volume 3, Issue 5, 03/26/09 Deep Buddy
Volume 3, Issue 6, 04/09/09 Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do
Volume 3, Issue 7, 05/14/09 Diving Deep and Surfacing
Volume 3, Issue 8, 07/07/09 Six Years of Introvert Bliss
Volume 3, Issue 9, 09/20/09 Around the World in 80 Hours
Volume 3, Issue 10, 09/17/09 "She's Very Ingoing!"

 

[Beat Mango]

Looks interesting indeed. I really like this one too:

Http://www.kingdomofintroversion.com

the guy posted here a few times.

Are there any forums just for INs? That would be cool.

 

[Da Blob]

I just started reading the posts on that site myself. There does seem to be some interesting topics addressed. This one caught my interest.

"When I learned about the physiology of temperament - that it's literally a physical experience to be an introvert or an extrovert - at first my mind was boggled. It hadn't occurred to me that my vague identity as an introvert (I thought about it essentially never) would have anything to do with how my body works.

When I first read The Introvert Advantage I was trying to understand the information about the brain and nervous system. I was having a paradigm shift - introvert and extrovert brains?! By the time I got to the chapter about food, I was on information overload. I read it but it didn't stay with me.

Some time later I heard Laney speak. One of the things she said, with conviction, is that it's very important for introverts to take the supplement lecithin - to build the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

(Acetylcholine is the key neurotransmitter - brain chemical - introverts use on our dominant blood pathway in the brain. It triggers our ability to focus and concentrate deeply for long periods. It helps us feel calm and alert. The temperament researchers say that keeping the acetylcholine level strong is essential for introverts.)

Laney's matter-of-fact conviction about lecithin got my attention. I did a little lecithin research, decided it was reasonable and doable, and have been taking it daily ever since."

QUESTION:
Has anyone read "The Introvert Advantage"?
Is there truth in the statement concerning Lecithin?
What is a good source of Lecithin?

 

[Da Blob]

I googled "The Introvert Advantage" and found its author's website
http://www.theintrovertadvantage.com/

EDIT: I think I am going to start a thread in the "Websites of Interest" subforum, add on to it if you know of some good personality sites. i imagine there are dozens of them.

 

[cuterebra]

Acetylcholine is also the neurotransmitter at the neuromuscular junction, among other places--it's practically ubiquitous. I haven't read up on it, but I have trouble seeing how introversion vs. extroversion would create such a difference in daily requirement for ACh precursors... Sounds very quacky.

Eggs are high in lecithin.

Edit: Thanks for posting that link to introvertenergy.com--looks interesting.

 

[ld50]

Seems like it bumps your B6 levels and helps prevent clogged arteries, but not any better than some B supplements and low/moderate excercise?
Anyone find more detail than that (I'm parraphrasing what I gleaned online)?

 

[Jedi]

QUESTION:
Has anyone read "The Introvert Advantage"?
Is there truth in the statement concerning Lecithin?
What is a good source of Lecithin?

I am currently reading the book. It's a little too self-help-esque at times for my taste but there is some pretty cool information on the biological make-up of introverts and extroverts.

Here's a link describing the genetic differences between extroverts and introverts and the effect of dopamine and acetylcholine on them:

http://www.uthealthleader.org/archive/mind_body_soul/2005/introvertsvsextroverts-1221.html

and an excerpt from the book:

Spoiler

Studies of the human brain have revealed three significant physiological differences between introverts and extroverts. First, introverts have naturally busier, more active brains than extroverts. Though introverts look calm on the surface, our brains are bubbling with activity, and thus we require less external stimulation than extroverts. Too much external stimulation, in fact, leads to a feeling of overwhelm. Second, blood flows in different paths in introverted and extroverted brains. Introverts have more blood flow, but it flows in a longer, slower path than in extroverted brains. The blood in introverted brains flows to sections that are focused on internal things like remembering, solving problems and planning. ON the other hand, the blood in extroverted brains goes to those parts that are used for the processing of sensory experienced, what's happening externally.

Third, introverted and extroverted brains have different chemical balances. The activities of our brains are catalyzed by neurotransmitters, which are chemical substances that transmit nerve impulses. Extroverts require greater amounts of dopamine, a central neurotransmitter in the sympathetic nervous system. It is produced when people are active and in motion. As psychologist and author Marti Olsen Laney writes, "extroverts feel good when they have places to go and people to see," probably because they are flush with dopamine. Dopamine takes a short path through the brain and, in stressful situations, produces an "act and react" response. It can be credited for extroverts' ability to think and speak quickly and to thrive under pressure. It also helps them access their short-term memory more rapidly, so their data-processing circuit is shorter and faster.

Introverts, on the other hand, require less dopamine, and when our brains have too much, we can feel anxious or overwhelmed. Our brains rely more on another neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system, which conserves and restores energy, producing a "rest and repose" posture. It produces a pleasurable sensation in introverts when we are thinking and reflecting. Acetylcholine, however, cuts a longer path through the brain, which explains why introverts may have difficulty accessing words or memories quickly and why we may be slow to react in stressful situation. Introverts often prefer writing to speaking, because writing uses a different neurological pathway in the brain than speaking does. Additionally, the slower acetylcholine tributary may produces a posture of calmness in introverts and cause us to move more slowly than extroverts, which may explain why we are often less expressive with our bodies.