Have you heard this term yet? A psychiatrist coined it in a new book that came out this year: If you’re not an extrovert OR introvert…you might be an “OTROVERT.”
It’s not a mix of the two. The term for that is an “ambivert,” where you’re one or the other . . . or both . . . in certain ways.
Otroverts are different by definition. “Otro” literally means “other.” And the top sign you’re one is constantly feeling like an OUTSIDER. Like you never fit in.
The guy who came up with it thinks HE’S one, and he’s seen it in some of his patients too. He says otroverts can be extremely social and well-liked. They’re just more about the one-on-one and don’t really connect with groups.
He says otroverts tend to be “independent thinkers who aren’t emotionally dependent” on what others think. So, they’re often renegades.
He even thinks it might be the default setting we’re all born with. Then we LEARN to be introverts or extroverts.