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An illustrated ode to introverts by Grant Snider. Also see Susan Cain on the power of introverts.
Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. http://vsb.li/rCmWFv 
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Many artists, including actors, are highly sensitive and use this trait to be even more creative. But it can also lead to being emotionally overwhelmed, if you don’t take care of yourself. Everyone has some sensitivity to inner experiences and emotions, to the moods of others, and to many other sensations. But highly sensitive people have unusually strong awareness and reactivity, and are more likely to be shy or introverted – even though those are all different traits. http://theinneractor.com/using-your-high-sensitivity-personality-as-an-actor/
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Many apparently very self-assured performers and actors have been shy or introverted as children. Many still are, as adults. And many have found that performing has changed their level of confidence. Being highly sensitive – as many artists are – can interact with shyness and introversion.
Rebel Wilson ("Pitch Perfect") was painfully shy...one day, her mother dragged her to an acting class..."
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"A lot of people-- including many HSPs, themselves-- make a broad-based assumption that if you are a highly sensitive person, you are automatically an introvert. This (incorrect!) conclusion is typically reached because those people misinterpret the fact that almost all HSPs need quite a bit of quiet time alone to "recharge their batteries" following periods of overstimulation. And-- most often-- this overstimulation tends to be connected to crowds and interaction with groups of people." ~ ~ Also see related post: Shyness, Introversion, Sensitivity – What’s the Difference? http://talentdevelop.com/3316/
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Many highly talented actors like Claire Danes report feeling shy, socially isolated and highly sensitive during periods of their life.
She commented about acting in her tv series My So-Called Life: "I really was a miserable teenager. I did not perform well socially in junior high. I was a strange girl and I was in a lot of pain because of that like most teenagers. But I had the privilege of venting and complaining about it in a way people took seriously.“To have a forum to release my frustration and anger was an incredible gift. It was very cathartic."
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By Paul J. Zak - 'Yup, I'm one of those weird people who appreciate driving with long periods of silence while others are in the car with me. Love it, actually. I like music, but I don't get why people play the radio in the car when they are sitting in a rare silence bubble.' ... ~~~ One of the resource pages on my Highly Sensitive site: Self-Study Classes for Sensitive Souls
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Being highly sensitive may include or even encourage social isolation, and involve more than usual challenges with friendships and romance. True peer relationships can be rare and demanding.
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By Ane Axford, MS, LFMT "I have often heard an analogy in the psychology field that creative geniuses and those who experience mental disorder are in the same water. "The difference is that one is swimming and the other is drowning. Let’s talk about this water. These fluid, intangible, ever-changing emotions. Sensations."
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http://highlysensitive.org/434/ - Are creative people unusually sensitive? Clinical and research reports confirm that is often true -- and is confirmed by many creative people about their own experience.
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By Susan Meindl. Whenever we enter a human space we consciously and unconsciously tune into and are influenced by the emotions of others around us both positively and negatively.
We respond instinctively to the emotional tone of those around us and all normal human beings are susceptible to emotional contagion to some degree.
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Social rejection fuels creativity for people with an independent mindset. "By definition, creative solutions are unusual, involving the recombination of ideas. Unusual, divergent ideas and access to distant, remote associations are hallmarks of creative thinking. Perhaps those who like to distance themselves from others are more likely to also recruit associations from unusual places and think beyond conventional ideas." Via Sandeep Gautam
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From blog: zinemin's random thoughts Reading about ‘highly sensitive people‘ (HSP) is very calming for me — articles like this one seem to know me very well, and they tell me I am part of a normal variation within th...
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Is meditation necessarily right for everyone? By psychologist Stephen Diamond. "Meditation is a method of introverting. Like sleep and dreaming, meditation is an introverted activity, the difference being that during sleep we are unconscious while during meditation we remain conscious." ~~ Listen to (and read transcript of) my interview with him: Stephen A. Diamond, PhD on Anger and Creativity http://innertalentinterviews.com/25/stephen-a-diamond-phd-on-anger-and-creativity/
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Improv trains you to be here now. Planning and Analyzing keep us from living in the moment. "You see, for most of my life, I have perfected the skill of hiding (a skill most Highly Sensitive People hone well). We are thinkers, analyzers, and planners; spontaneity is not something that comes natural to us. We like to know exactly what we are going to do/say before we do it or say it. Not only do we intellectualize everything, but we have to be convinced that it’s the “right” thing to do or say." ~~~ My related post: Improvising Creativity http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2012/04/improvising-creativity/
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By Peter Messerschmidt / Denmarkguy. Maybe you've heard the term Highly Sensitive Person, or HSP, and wondered what exactly it is, and whether it applies to you. Some might say that EVERYone is "sensitive," but there's more to being an HSP than just getting your feelings hurt easily.
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The correlation between being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and an emotional eater is too significant not to share. It’s a pairing that I see often – and one that I see in myself. The aim of this post is to share my knowledge of the Highly Sensitive Person in an effort to provide a sense of sanity to your emotional eating habits.
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Shyness and introversion may seem to be the same in some ways, at least on the surface, and we may have both traits – but they are not the same thing. And they are not the same as the trait of high sensitivity. But being shy can be more intense if we are also highly sensitive. ~~ Read related post: Shyness, Introversion, Sensitivity – What’s the Difference? http://talentdevelop.com/3316/
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By David Dobbs. "The turn lies in viewing problems such as depression, distractibility, or even aggression as downsides of a heightened sensitivity to experience that can also generate assets and contentment." ... “These genes aren’t about risk,” says Jay Belsky, a University of California, Davis, psychologist who helped conceive and establish the plasticity-gene hypothesis. “It’s about a greater sensitivity to experience. If things go well for you when you’re young, the same genes that could have helped make a mess of you help to make you stronger and happier instead. It’s not vulnerability but responsiveness — for better or worse.” ~~~ Related post: Gifts and challenges of being highly sensitive http://highlysensitive.org/330/gifts-and-challenges-of-being-highly-sensitive/
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Psychologist and author Ted Zeff, PhD talks in a news interview about strategies for nurturing our sensitive self.
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One aspect of a highly sensitive nervous system can be a strong startle response or startle reflex, which can be related to a vulnerability to anxiety.
Among the items in the Self-Test for sensitivity by Dr. Elaine Aron is “I startle easily.”
In an edition of her Comfort Zone newsletter titled The Benefits of Being Highly Sensitive, for Ourselves and Our World, Dr. Aron notes that “our reaction time is actually faster than others, and we startle more easily — those are instances of super fast processing, thanks to a nervous system designed to do things thoroughly, so that it is also efficient.”
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This trait of high sensitivity nurtures our creativity and social activism, but also brings challenges. Psychologist Elaine Aron and others describe it as a more finely tuned nervous system. She explains, "It means you are aware of subtleties in your surroundings, a great advantage in many situations. It also means you are more easily overwhelmed..." How does being a highly sensitive person impact our feelings and our lives?
Related post: http://highlysensitive.org/218/
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By Amy Chang
Do you prefer working in solitude? Do you find yourself more productive with fewer social distractions? If so, you might feel more at ease in a more behind-the-scenes career.
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Judy Davis: "I was always terribly shy, so a great thing that acting has done for me has forced me out of myself and made me more generous."...
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Being unsociable, bored at parties or uneasy with people aren't qualities that always or necessarily go with being creative, of course - but often they do.
Many talented artists and others have a creative personality type that is highly sensitive, introverted or shy – or all at once.
Not that people are simply “types” – but these summary descriptions can still be helpful. [Photo: Jonathan Rauch is a correspondent for The Atlantic, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution...]
