Personality Type Can Have an Effect on Your Sleep and What You Dream About

Extroverts and introverts [1] are polar opposites in many ways. How they maintain and regain energy differs on the most basic level: extroverts require human interaction [2] to recharge, while introverts are drained by said human interaction and require alone time to get their energy back [3].

Knowing this, it's no surprise that even the ways the two personality types sleep and dream differ. According to an infographic put together by Best Mattress Brand [4], outgoing extroverts are more satisfied with their levels of energy during waking hours than introverts, while introverts are dreaming about their teeth falling out more than extroverts. Read on to see more about your personality type's sleeping habits!

What Extroverts and Introverts Dream About

Introverts:

Dream about punching something with no effect 14 percent more often than extroverts.

Dream about their fathers 14 percent less often than extroverts.

Dream about work colleagues 12 percent less often than extroverts.

Extroverts:

Dream about their teeth falling out 14.2 percent less often than introverts.

Dream about travelling 13.9 percent more often than introverts.

Dream about their boss 10.7 percent more often than introverts.

Remember their dreams 5.7 percent more than introverts.

Sleep Quality of Introverts vs. Extroverts

Introverts

Are 14.8 percent less satisfied with feeling alert during waking hours than extroverts.

Have lucid dreams 10.9 percent less often than extroverts.

Fall asleep when they want to stay awake 7.7 percent more often than extroverts.

Extroverts

Are 17.7 percent more satisfied with their levels of energy during waking hours than introverts.

Are 6.5 percent more satisfied with their ability to sleep through the night than introverts.

Have nightmares 8.3 percent less often than introverts.

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