Introvert or Extrovert?

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I'm an Introvert.

 

[fla4fun]

I'm an Introvert.

I would say I am an introvert too, but also have some social anxiety on top. Being in crowds in exhausting, even if it’s a crowd of people I know. I try to go with people I know well and let them be the outgoing ones while I stay quiet. It takes me a while to recover after going to a party (and it’s not because I’ve been drinking) especially if there are games or other interactive activities going on.

I wish I were more of an extrovert, but I’m not.

 

[NannyBeBe]

I'm an introvert until someone hurts a child or an animal; then I become very extroverted and the culprits need to beware.

 

[TippyThomas]

Very, very introverted. Life is much simpler and safer that way for me.

 

[ronandannette]

Introvert by temperament but I have to move through the world most of the time like an extrovert, due to the nature of my work and the needs of people around me. It can be pretty mentally-exhausting. I know myself well enough to know what's needed to re-charge though, so I manage OK.

And I've never been troubled by shyness, anxiety or depression or other issues that could make things more difficult. I don't dislike or distrust people - I just simply feel happier and more productive when I have lots of time alone with my thoughts, and I only really ever relax when I know there's nobody who needs/wants anything from me at the moment.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Introvert at heart but also at times more extroverted as I pray to make a kind difference in faith.

 

[kanerf]

Very much an introvert. Spend too much of my time alone.

 

[LuvOrlando]

It depends on if the company is wonderful and playful or horrible and rude.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Very much an extrovert.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Definitely an extrovert. I have learned to channel it over the years and be more mindful of the introverts in my life who might feel uncomfortable with my extroversion. That being said, I often have sort of an avalanche moment after all of that channeling since all of that pent up social energy will eventually need to be released.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

My husband and I are introverts, but our son is very much an extrovert. He is always wanting to go out and meet new people, which is very difficult for his homebody parents

 

[goofyernmost]

I grew up overweight, shy and with a good imagination. I grew up and always had jobs where I had to deal with the public all the time. I managed to find a way to be friendly but not really extravert just friendly without really revealing myself in to much detail. In school, to be accepted I became what is known today as the class clown, but it was always in control and not extravagant. I even had the teachers laughing at times. I had one professor in college though that didn't take lightly of my joking. But he was the only one that was bothered enough to let me know. I quickly found out that when I was in the military there was almost no sense of humor to be found.

I made a few friends but nothing like most of the people I see. I have a daughter that is like me in the social sense, but we also strongly disagree on many things. My other daughter has done well in the business world, is well liked very outgoing. I have been single for the last 25 years and other than a couple of female friends early on in that 25 years, I spend more time in my apartment than out of it, and although I am friendly with many people here in the apartment building I reside, I can only tell you the first names of about 4 people out of 102 residents that reside here. I don't have a problem with living alone, in fact the only people that I see regularly are my two daughters, two sons in law, two granddaughters and two grandsons.

However, after saying all that, if I do startup or join a conversation I tend to have a severe case of diarrhea of the mouth. In other words, I always walk away from those occasions feeling like I said too much. That all seems like a major conflict between two different verts. (ex & in)