If you’ve ever found yourself alone at a party wondering why everyone but you is having such a good time, you’re not alone.
According to American psychiatrist Dr. Rami Kaminski, you might belong to a select group of people he calls “other-oriented.”
In addition to the familiar introverts and extroverts, OTroverts are a poorly understood but very distinct third personality type.
The introvert struggles to feel a sense of belonging to a group and prefers to stand out from social collectives.
Dr Kaminski told the Daily Mail: “Simply put, an OTrovert is someone who doesn’t feel a sense of belonging to any group. Otroverts are very friendly and are able to form very deep connections with other people.
“The only social difference occurs when there is a lack of connection to groups: a collective identity or shared traditions.”
While it might sound like a difficult lifestyle, Dr. Kaminski says that OTroverts are often more creative, free-thinking, and inventive.
Famous OTroverts include scientist Albert Einstein, painter Frida Kahlo, and writers George Orwell, Franz Kafka, and Virginia Woolf.
If you often feel like an outsider in a large group, even if that group is made up of your friends, a scientist says it could be because you are a little-known personality type called an OTrovert (stock image)
Coming from the Latin root word “vert,” meaning “to turn,” psychologists say that antisocial introverts “turn” inward while sociable extroverts “turn” outward.
An introvert, on the other hand, turns against the other – refusing or finding themselves unable to connect with other people.
Dr. Kaminski, who considers himself a second-generation person, says he first learned he wasn’t like other people when he joined the Boy Scouts as a child.
Using the Scout oath, he realized that this communal group’s actions had no emotional impact on him.
Dr. Kaminski says this is because OTroverts don’t form the same emotional connections to group identity or shared rituals as others.
Some common traits of an OTrovert include a dislike of team sports, finding the normal routines of living together frustrating or difficult, and a preference for working alone.
Likewise, when attending a large gathering, OTroverts are more likely to end up off to the side in deep conversation with another person, rather than moving from guest to guest.
Most importantly, OTrovers are immune to the so-called “Bluetooth phenomenon.”
An introvert, like Albert Einstein, is someone who does not feel a sense of belonging to any group. This often leads to difficulty “fitting in” and concerns about being thrown out of the social group.
This is the process during which most people are able to emotionally “pair up” with the people around them and join a group identity.
Dr. Kaminski says, “Outliers discover very early on that they feel like outsiders in any group.
“This happens despite the fact that they are often popular and welcome in groups. This discrepancy can lead to emotional discomfort and a feeling of being misunderstood.”
Tāpat OTroverts bieži var nonākt cīņā ar spiedienu “iederēties” ar pārējo sabiedrību.
Tomēr tas nebūt nenozīmē, ka otroverti ir antisociāli vai vientuļi.
Faktiski Dr Kaminski saka, ka OTroverts spēj izveidot ārkārtīgi dziļus un jēgpilnus sakarus ar indivīdiem, ar kuriem viņi ir tuvu.
“Otroverts ir ļoti grūti būt daļai no grupas, pat ja grupu veido indivīdi, kuri ir labi draugi,” saka Dr Kaminski.
“Problēma slēpjas attiecībās ar grupu kā vienību, nevis ar tās atsevišķiem biedriem.”
Amerikāņu psihiatrs Dr Rami Kaminski saka, ka māksliniece Frīda Kahlo (attēlā) ir labs slavenā Otrovertas piemērs. Otroverti bieži ir radoši brīvi domājoši, kuri atsakās ievērot sabiedrības cerības
Tomēr tas, ka to nepiespiež sociālo saistību važas, ir savas priekšrocības tiem, kuri vēlas tās sagrābt.
Dr Kaminski saka: “Pielietojot pazīmes slavenajiem brīvajiem ļaudīm, es nācu klajā ar tādiem cilvēkiem kā Alberts Einšteins, Frīda Kahlo, Franca Kafka un Virdžīnija Vilfa, cita starpā, kuri bija slaveni nesaistīti jebkurai grupai.”
Lai arī viņi varētu cīnīties, lai iekļautos, tas var padarīt OTroverts ārkārtīgi brīvi domājošu, neatkarīgu un radošu.
Arī OTroverts parasti nejūt bailes no noraidījuma vai uztraukties par to, ka tiek izmesti no grupas.
Otroverts varētu atrast risinājumus problēmām, kuras citi nevar redzēt, vai izgudrot jaunas pieejas labi apmestiem subjektiem.
