Why Alone Time Is Crucial for Introverted Moms (and How to Stop the Guilt)
Here’s how spending time alone can make you a better mom — and how to stop the guilt over taking time for yourself.
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Raising a child is never easy. But for introvert parents — or the parents of an introverted child — there are often challenges that others can’t relate to. Below, you can browse all of our parenting stories, or check out some of our favorites about tips for introverted parents, getting your needs met as an introverted mom, and some of the hurdles you may expect for introverted students in the classroom.
Here’s how spending time alone can make you a better mom — and how to stop the guilt over taking time for yourself.
You don’t feel the same affection for your baby that others do. You feel a deep longing for things to go back to the way they were.
Kids would start shouting over each other as they competed for the floor. Unwilling to shout or interrupt, this introvert couldn’t get a word in.
INFJs are sensitive souls who see the world differently.
In high school, a teacher loudly announced in class that I seemed like the type of quiet kid who “goes home to build bombs to blow up the school.”
My parents were social butterflies. Their existence was a constant stream of get-togethers, dinner invitations, and guests at all hours.
Inclusion doesn’t have to look like everyone is getting along in a group. Introverts tend to have small social circles — and they prefer it that way.
19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins was found dead inside a hotel freezer. Did this introvert overdo it on alcohol to fit in at a party?
You might be an introvert if everything about being a parent absolutely wears you out. This is particularly true during the baby and toddler stages.
As an INFJ personality type, I replayed all the events in the hospital in my mind seemingly thousands of times a day. I couldn’t stop.