I Am An Ambivert

I can definitely understand where you're coming from in that aspect. I used to believe the same thing about labels. Personally, I don't mind them depending on what kind of labels they are, who is labeling you and why. Your own perception of the label is most important in my opinion. I agree with you in that they don't define you altogether. On the other hand I think they can also kind of be helpers in giving you a better sense of self and, to some degree, some sense of your own identity. They are part of what makes up who you are. Whether they are positive, negative or even accurate is up to you to decide.

I don't like labels either but, if someone walked up to me right now and asked me if I could use one word to describe my personality, what would it be? To give them a good idea, I would answer Ambivert. I can go further than that and say that any word you use to describe yourself is a label...If I said I am just a happy person in general..I would still be labeling myself. Truth be told, many just don't like negative labels.

Thanks for the response!

One single label cannot justify our personality. Yet we love it; we label ourselves, we label others, we label every other thing we come across. Contraction of human thinking capacity? Yes.

My life makes sense now. I had no idea this existed.