One of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.
Sophia Dembling, The Introvert’s Way (via larmoyante)
I’ve been learning this the hard way. I get stuck in my head a lot, I try to remind myself on the regular that I need to make it clear what I think and how I feel if I actually want something to be understood.
