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understand why her sweet, loving
daughter wanted to spend so much
time alone. She worried that something
was wrong with Isabel. Despite what
she’d always thought about her daughter’s
empathetic nature, might Isabel
lack the ability to relate with others?
It was only when I suggested that
Joyce’s daughter might be an introvert,
and explained what that was, that
Joyce started thinking differently about
Isabel’s experiences at school. And from
Isabel’s perspective, things didn’t sound
alarming at all. “I need a break after
school,” she told me later. “School is
hard because a lot of people are in the
room, so you get tired. I freak out if my
mom plans a play date without telling
me, because I don’t want to hurt my
friends’ feelings. But I’d rather stay
home. At a friend’s house you have to
do the things other people want to do. I
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