Again, I feel introversion is being conflated with social anxiety. I’m totally fine with and even enjoy being around people, I just need a lot of alone time to recharge my battery. Though people see my confidence in social situations and never believe I’m introverted.
Yeah, as someone that is an introvert and had social anxiety, the mixup does get a little annoying. Being an introvert with social anxiety when growing up was a absolute nightmare in my experience. Especially because I wanted to socialize but couldn’t bring myself to do it. It’s a constant back and forth between “I need alone time” and “I wish I could talk to people” and it made me hate myself for being introverted. Luckily I’ve managed to mostly get over it as I’ve gotten older and now I’m happy with being an introvert. Now I’m in your boat and most people don’t even realize I’m introverted until they get to know me more personally.
That was the same for me. I didn’t realise I had high anxiety especially around people interaction. I just went with what people told me, that I’m introverted. It took me way too long to figure this out and I only did so because my anxiety was getting worse and about more things. Once I was on medication I realised holy shit, I needed this like 20 years ago!
I’m now able to join clubs, meet in large groups. But like you it’s now a choice. I generally do the social thing then leave or take some time out when batteries are low.
And there are even more layers to this. How much do you know and like the people you are interacting with? How comfortable are you in the setting/circumstances? How interesting are the activities/conversations?
Around 40: They’ve figured out how to live right.
Welcome to the club I’m 62
Uhhhh…damn I must’ve missed something…
I prefer most of these panels to “you’re so quiet!”
I as an introvert learned to be more extroverted because if not I would be alone. I mean nothing wrong with that, but sometimes I want to see people.
However when I do sth with people it drains my energy. I need to recover. And I will happily stay in my room for days without seeing someone.
And that is what extroverts don’t understand. They often gain energy from being with other people.
That’s my main problem with group/family vacations. A whole week (or more) with people everywhere all the time. It takes me a lot of time to recover. It’s absolutely exhausting.
I see all the people I need to see when I go into town to resupply ;)
joining the creepy team this year
Welcome to the club. I saw a deer skeleton in the woods behind the park, wanna go see?
Big difference between introverted and creepy 🤣
I was an annoying kid. Found out a few years ago that I was a brat growing up.
At 17, I can safely say I was annoying. I probably still am.
Now, I’m just lonely.
18+ you drink too much
Well behaved? Naw they straight up called me a demon child.
I’m introverted and I got invited everywhere all the time. People liked inviting me because I always showed up and was dependable. Those people who invited me are still my friends today.
Yeah we rock in the privacy of our own homes
Oh the other’s fit but not the 3rd panel. No-one ever told me I was boring.
