Generally, many people tend to be intimidated by quiet people, and I ask myself why is that. But I gathered there is one common thread in people getting intimidated by those who are quiet.
So, human beings are social beings, and to survive in the human specie world, you need to at least know what the next person's next step is, or rather be able to predict it. For when a conflict or war arises and one has to survive.
Hence, we get into social groups where we interact with each other which results in "knowing" others.
Knowing and being able to predict the people around you makes it comfortable to be in that space. But that comes as a form of being able to win or survive should a need to arises. It is human nature as much as it is in other species.
Now, those who get intimidated by quiet people it is because they are unpredictable as they do not speak much about themselves and exhibit limited behavior that can prompt others to say "I know him or her".
That makes others uncomfortable as they would not know how to attack when they have to and how to defend themselves when they would need to. And often, people who are easily intimidated by quiet people are those who always want to be at the top of any setting, who always want to be THE one. They are essentially social predators.
But a predator cannot properly prey on their potential target if that target is unpredictable and play their cards on their chest. Hence they get intimidated and try to ridicule the quiet ones in the room because they do not make things easier for them.
This is natural in any social setting you may find yourself in, the mystery that the quiet ones create in the minds of others gets unbearable to the social predators. And that makes them feel intimidated by this unpredictable and unknowable individual.
Therefore, if you are one of those quiet people and notice that some people seem to have a problem with your quiet nature, understand that they are intimidated because they do not know how to attack you should they have a need to do so. Moreover, they would not know your reaction. It is as simple as that.
Otherwise, why else would anyone have a problem with your nature?
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