Author: Varvara Lyutova
16 November 2020 08:40
Tags: introverts career professions social anxiety
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Finding a decent job is much more difficult for an introvert than for a sociable and smiling person. As a student, he has no chance of working part-time as a waiter or courier: the flow of people and the need to constantly smile at customers make him sick. After receiving his diploma, vacancies in sales, journalism, advertising are closed for him... But we are ready to help social phobes! Here is a list of respected professions where dislike for people will not be a hindrance, but rather a help.
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Court Clerk
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The main responsibilities of the court secretary are to assist the judge in preparing for the trial, collecting and distributing the necessary documents, in short, working with papers. The level of social interactions on a 100-point scale among representatives of this profession is estimated at 37 points. Of course, you will need a law degree, and also high level of organization and accuracy. The job is suitable for law students who have suddenly realized that they are disgusted by the constant interaction with defendants, defendants, plaintiffs and defendants. For the court clerk, this communication is limited to formal phrases like “Wait, you will be called” or “No reception today,” which even the deepest introvert can do.
Victim of ideology
There are also those who became haters of humanity under the influence of ideologies, books or films. Such people are sure that their new image gives them an aura of attractiveness and mystery.
However, there is no certainty in their alleged hatred, and their hostility is far-fetched. Usually, over time, these people return to their usual way of life or become so imbued with the new state that they turn into true misanthropes.
The poor people suffer from this transformation. To one degree or another, all misanthropes are unhappy. Sometimes embittered individuals try to leave the vicious circle, realizing that no ideas decorate negativity. If you have a desire to overcome hostility, half the way has been passed.
Mining machine operator
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This specialist works in a mine and does exactly what is indicated in the name of the profession. His heavy machine destroys the rock and loads it onto a conveyor or special equipment that takes it out of the mine. The level of social interactions is rated at 50 points out of 100 possible. You need to be good at technology, have excellent coordination and attention, as well as have excellent health and a certain amount of philosophical attitude towards life: this work, like any work in the mine, as they say, is both dangerous and difficult.
How does misanthropy arise?
Misanthropy is a rather strange and not entirely studied psychological manifestation. It can occur at any age: individual traits and harsh judgments towards people can be heard even from children.
Misanthropy can manifest itself spontaneously in a person. For example, a man was walking down the street and suddenly saw a group of people torturing a poor dog. Only for a second can one witness this scene, and here in front of us is a person who does not like people. This dislike may arise not for humanity as a whole, but only for individual traits inherent in the majority of the population of planet Earth.
After all, a misanthrope is a person who has never loved and treats the concept of “love” with contempt. Such people frown at the sight of couples in love and lock themselves at home on Valentine's Day.
However, it cannot be said that misanthropes are absolutely alone. Whatever their hatred for humanity and earthly things, they, just like other people, have to go to work, communicate with colleagues, etc. It’s just that such people keep their distance and try not to get attached to anyone.
Aircraft technician
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An aircraft technician is a specialist responsible for the maintenance of aircraft and other flying equipment. The level of social interactions is estimated at 58 points out of 100, but, for the most part, we are talking about purely formal communication. You will need professional technical education, the ability to quickly diagnose and fix any malfunction and, of course, a love for everything that flies - after all, you will have to communicate with technology, unlike people, constantly.
You need to love people not in words, but in deeds
On the one hand, in our society there is a huge deficit of philanthropy. People are increasingly moving away from each other and are not interested in the affairs of even their parents and relatives. It is no secret that the consumer attitude in modern society already extends not only to consumer goods, but it has already “eaten through” human relationships. On the other hand, there has been a resurgence in the culture of giving and all sorts of studies show that people are giving more and more every year.
Another question is in what form this happens. We see how at other charity events there are women and men dressed in furs and diamonds who raise money for an orphanage, a hospital or for targeted assistance. Frankly, such events have little to do with true philanthropy. In this case, for many characters this is an opportunity to simply attract attention and create an informational occasion. Not to mention such things when numerous charitable foundations are just a cover for laundering and siphoning money from people and the budget. However, let’s not talk about sad things, because there must be true philanthropists on Earth...
Writer
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The author of the novel “The Catcher in the Rye,” Jerome Sallinger, lived as a hermit for decades and did not appear in public, which did not prevent him from taking an honorable place in the history of world literature. The writer’s level of social interactions is unprecedentedly low - 32 points out of 100 possible! The advantages of the profession include genre diversity: you can write anything - from film reviews and scripts to novels and romantic sonnets. There is no need even for professional education! But without talent, alas, there is no entry into the profession.
Sociopath, social phobe or misanthrope?
Very often the concepts of misanthropy are confused with sociopathy and social phobia.
You need to clearly understand that a social phobe is afraid to be in the company of other people or is driven by fear and inability to communicate.
A sociopath is an aggressive person who has an absolutely negative attitude towards social norms of behavior.
The misanthrope is not afraid of communication and does not attack people around him. He may be indignant, grumble and refuse to communicate, but does not show signs of other behavior.
Editor
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Film and television are a constant noisy party, but editors stand apart in it. They work at a computer and interact minimally with other participants in the process. The level of social interaction among representatives of this profession is estimated at 54 points out of 100 possible. But you will need a wide variety of skills - from good visual thinking to mastery of complex special computer programs. Professional education will be a big plus.
Sociologist
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Don't be intimidated by the idea of talking to dozens of people a day. The actual conduct of surveys is usually carried out by beginners or students, while specialists are left with analytical work - compiling questionnaires, analyzing responses, drawing conclusions... 90% of a sociologist's work takes place in an office alone with a computer. The level of social interaction among representatives of this profession is 59 out of 100 possible. To become a sociologist, you need to obtain a higher professional education. Good analytical data and excellent knowledge of mathematics will come in handy.
Statistician
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Data collection and analysis is a great solo job. Most often, statisticians do not have direct guidance, there are only requests from a variety of areas - from politics to medicine. Columns of numbers and broken lines of graphs - and not a single person nearby! The level of social interactions is 42 points out of 100. To get a job, you need a higher education in mathematics or statistics and excellent analytical skills. Experience in a professional field related to the subject of research (for example, in medicine, if we are talking about medical data) is preferred.
Why don't people like it?
The development of misanthropy can be facilitated by a number of reasons and problems that inevitably arise in the life of every person:
- Too much communication causes an overabundance and subsequently the accumulation of both positive and negative experiences. A person who has low stress tolerance may not be able to emotionally withstand such stress. An example is work related to constant communication and solving a number of problems placed on his shoulders.
- A state of depression resulting from unpleasant communication or lack of acceptance of a person in society.
- Self-esteem problems.
- Excessive sensitivity, an exaggerated thirst for the triumph of justice against the backdrop of a subtle mental organization can lead to disappointment in people and society.
- A sense of pride that blinds self-awareness.
- The feeling of loneliness when a person is not loved.
Biochemist/biophysicist
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The work of a biochemist and biophysicist is associated with the study of the chemical and physical principles of the functioning of living organisms. Sounds complicated? In practice it will be even more difficult, rest assured, so only those who really feel their calling in this should go into these professions. For an introvert, you can’t imagine anything better: experiments take a long time, reports are submitted remotely, and for many weeks you will be surrounded only by colonies of cells and equally quiet colleagues, deep in their own experiments. A good scientific base is necessary, higher education goes without saying, a scientific degree (and for young people, the desire to obtain one) is extremely desirable.
Boundaries of personal space
Psychologists believe that a crowd is a test of the strength of a person’s personal boundaries. And if these boundaries are easily permeable, then a person experiences a subconscious fear for his integrity; a crowd of people is perceived by him as a serious threat.
Many people feel so vulnerable in crowds that they simply avoid situations where there may be large crowds of people. They may refuse to attend exhibitions that are interesting to them, from tourist trips, and will prefer to stay at home on a hot day, fearing that there will be too many people on the beach.
Each person has his own distance at which he feels completely safe. Some people do not like to ride in an elevator with strangers, avoiding proximity in a cramped booth, or try not to sit on a bench if at least one person is already sitting there; they are uncomfortable when someone sits next to them in transport. Such people feel especially uncomfortable in a crowd.
Such extensive personal space is usually necessary for those children who were too strictly controlled by their parents. If parents did not allow their children to have any secrets, could get into the most secret drawers, read the child’s personal letter or his diary, forbade them to close the door to their room, then the person develops the confidence that he will not be able to protect himself from invasion of his personal space. And therefore he tries to increase his personal zone as much as possible. Moreover, this often applies to both physical and emotional space.
How do such people feel in the crowd?
Very often, such people attribute their own negative attitude towards themselves to others. If a person feels ugly, then it seems to him that everyone around him is judging him. And naturally, the more people around, the more uncomfortable he feels.
Some are afraid of losing control of themselves, they are afraid that in a crowd people will easily panic, that a crush may occur. Even though the likelihood of a crowd at an exhibition or a popular tourist spot is minimal, these people still experience anxiety and even fear from crowds. Very often, behind such feelings lies the fear of displaying one’s own aggression, and the projection mechanism is triggered; not wanting to realize one’s own hostility, a person sees enemies in everyone around him.
Crowds are also feared by those people whose family has adopted a wary attitude towards the world in general, and especially towards strangers. If a child has been taught since childhood not to trust anyone, to be wary of unfamiliar people and circumstances, then he will be afraid and avoid crowds.
What to do?
Assess the situation
When you find yourself in a crowd, assess the situation soberly. Find “escape routes” such as emergency exits or alleys and side streets if you are outside. Look at the people around you, evaluate how calm they are, what the general mood of the crowd is. By making such an assessment, you shift your attention to the real world, and your irrational fears recede.
Make contact
Make a personal connection with someone in the crowd. Ask the person closest to you a simple question, such as asking what time it is. Or just catch his eye and smile. Acknowledging your feelings will also help reduce your anxiety; you can call someone close to you on the phone; hearing a confident voice will calm you down.
Prepare in advance
If you know that you will be in a place where there may be a large crowd of people, prepare in advance. Take a city map, paper napkins, and a water bottle. Think about what else might be useful to you. Master relaxation techniques. If you need to quickly calm down, then focus on your breathing, for example, lengthen your exhalation.
Learn to energetically hold your own space
There are plenty of techniques for this. You just need to start working a little in this direction.
Webmaster/Web designer
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Creating, administering and designing websites on the Internet is a job for convinced loners: you may not see other people for months, and communicate with clients only by mail. The level of social interaction is 32 points out of 100. An additional plus is the absence of the need for higher education. Of course, if you set your sights on a company with a name, you may be required to have a diploma, but a significant number of webmasters and web designers work for themselves and are quite happy with it. To feel more confident, it’s a good idea to have at least basic knowledge on a related topic: for a webmaster, about web design, and vice versa.
Love for misanthropes
Despite their outward callousness and selfishness, misanthropes often attract people. Girls especially fall under their spell. If you can directly say: “I love a person who doesn’t need me,” then perhaps you have met a misanthrope.
In this case, first you need to be patient: communicating with such a person can be difficult, and some of the misanthrope’s judgments can lead to white heat.
Next, you should help the misanthrope take the path of correction. It is necessary to try to show the positive sides of humanity, but the most important thing is to show the misanthrope that he is also an ordinary person and he has his own needs, advantages and disadvantages.
Even if a person who does not like people has become soft, some character traits will quite possibly remain with him for the rest of his life. This is pride, vanity, a kind of arrogance and swagger.
To love a misanthrope is, to some extent, to sacrifice oneself. But perhaps this is not such a bad thing, because every person in the world deserves to love and be loved.
Geophysicist
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Most jobs for introverts involve office or home work on a computer. Geophysics is a different matter. You will be able to work in offices and laboratories, as well as in the field. Expeditions to hard-to-reach areas can last for weeks or months. If you love nature more than people, then this is the place for you! Social interaction rating - 36 out of 100. Requirements - special higher education... and a certain dose of unsociability, so that expeditions to distant steppes and mountains do not seem like exile.
Types of misanthropes
Typically, misanthropes are divided into two types:
1. A bitter person who shows his hatred towards the whole world
This type of misanthrope, seeing only the worst side of the world, believes that humanity will not change and the best solution to the problem will be to completely avoid communication. Sometimes they choose the critical path and become hermits and hermits.
Fighter for justice
This is a misanthrope-idealist who deep down loves this world and dreams of it becoming better. This type is a supporter of all kinds of reforms. He has a hard time dealing with any human injustice. Cruelty to animals, environmental degradation, swear words in front of children, scattered garbage - all this is acutely perceived by the misanthrope. The result is a sharp, categorical attitude towards certain individuals, but not towards the world as a whole.
A misanthrope is a person who hates people and shuns them.
Who are discretes? How to recognize them?
Economist
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Another job for introverts related to analytics. Analysis of economic statistics and market data - both on global markets and on sales trends for certain goods. Contrary to popular belief, a good economist does not have to master the art of presentation: his brilliant report will be accepted by email. Therefore, the level of socialization here is assessed as 35 out of 100. True, the Russian labor market is now clearly overloaded with economists, but a diploma from a reputable university with a good reputation and a high rating can help in finding a job. Knowledge of mathematics and professional computer software is required.
Astronomer
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The socialization index in the profession of astronomer is 49. Such is the life of the scientific community: conferences, seminars, teaching... However, no matter how deeply introverted you are, you can choose astronomy as your profession only if it is your passion. And in this case, conversations about professional subjects or reading lectures on your favorite scientific topic will be much easier to understand. But, as in any scientific specialty, you can settle in astronomy only if you graduate from a professional university (for example, the astrophysics department of the physics department of Moscow State University) and are filled with the desire to continue a scientific career.
What do you call fear of crowds?
The most widespread and well-known term is agoraphobia (some experts even say that it is the only correct one,
and the rest, including demophobia and ochlophobia, are either its partial synonyms or outdated concepts).
Agoraphobia is better known as the fear of open spaces.
and in this regard it is opposed to one of the most famous phobias - claustrophobia, or fear of enclosed spaces.
How is the fear of open places related to the fear of crowds?
The fact is that these two phobias have similar mechanisms of occurrence, forms of manifestation and treatment. Their interaction is reflected even in the name: the word “agoraphobia” consists of two ancient Greek words “square” and “fear”, and the square, as a rule, is not only an open space, but also a very crowded one, especially in those times when the concept was formed.
Some classify those who are afraid of crowds as social phobics, but this is not entirely correct (although one does not exclude the other). And even more so, you shouldn’t call such people sociopaths.
Mathematician
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A truly enthusiastic mathematician prefers orderly rows of numerical abstractions to a chaotic and unkempt life, so while working he can easily not notice not only the people nearby, but also the world around him as a whole. According to a recent survey, only 38% of mathematicians say they communicate with people every day, while 50% do so about once a week. Not otherwise, the remaining percentage, delving into their columns, have not even heard about the collapse of the USSR! It’s strange to even mention the need for higher education; scientific degrees and publications are not even welcomed, but are simply one of the work tasks.
How to deal with misanthropes
A person who does not like people, in principle, does not want to communicate with him. Misanthropes are capable of driving their loved ones into hysterics with their judgments, so isolating themselves from their society, as they say, is more expensive for themselves.
A person with a similar worldview can become friends with such a person. In addition, no matter what misanthropes they are, they, like any other person, need to communicate with a living person. Yes, hating humanity not alone is also more pleasant.
According to psychologists, the only thing that can give misanthropes a chance to be reborn is love and the birth of a child. A person can hate and despise people all his life, but maternal or paternal feelings will sooner or later manifest themselves on an instinctive level.
If you want to make friends with a misanthrope or become closer to him, then you need to try not to interfere in his inner world and be kind and friendly. Perhaps his heart will thaw and hatred will fade into the background.
Most often, misanthropy is a manifestation of youthful maximalism. In this case, everything will fall into place as soon as the person gets older.
