Solitude by Anthony Storr

[Introvertology]

Feel free to write any thoughts or feelings you have about Solitude. (Thanks Sherry for the book recommendation).

[Introvertology]

Has anyone else started reading this? I'm not done with it but I like it so far and love how it's very pro-solitude.

[Jan]

ordered it. The blurb sounds Buddhish.

[Sherry]

I read it years ago, before Introversion was a common *thing* in my head/life. I really liked the way he made it seem a preferable/desirable thing. NOT some freakish abnormality that I should run to the nearest shrink and get cured. Thoreau was the same. They made it seem like solitude was a state to achieve. I came away from these writers feeling that I was *normal*, in my own eyes. :) Society was never so kind. And now, it sits prominently on a shelf with all my other Introversion/Psychology/Self-Help books and just seeing the cover of these books at a glance fuels my inner OK-ness/inner strength.

[Introvertology]

Janice wrote: "ordered it. The blurb sounds Buddhish."

I wouldn't say it's Buddhist. Much of the book is analyzing the role solitude has played in famous creative people's lives.

[Introvertology]

Sherry wrote: "fuels my inner OK-ness/inner strength. "

That's lovely. It's wonderful that there's so many pro-introvert books out right now.

[Introvertology]

No worries. It's not the easiest text to read.

[Sherry]

I'm still trying to get back to Quiet..so don't feel bad. Funny how I get a case of Oh Look! Squirrel! when it comes to books ;)