I Am An Introvert Stories of Experiences

i always like the night time its the time time i can truly express myself that i can have a conversation with my thoughts..ever since i was a child i never had a large group of friends, if so i only have one or two close friends. i was...

I am comfortable, at ease, energized, enthusiastic and funny when I am teaching or speaking to a group of people, regardless of their age, background, etc.... But when it comes to making casual conversation one-to-one or in a small...

I find that the longer I know a person the less I want to be around them. People at work always say "youre not quiet" but thats because when we hang out were drinking. I hate being in rooms alone with people, talking on the phone is...

I just found out the true meaning of what I am. I am uncomfortable around people period. I keep it hidden while working but I stay in the house. I just don't deal with the outside world. I have no friends nor associates on many scales...

I've always been an introvert. Even after joining EP, I'm more comfortable putting stories and experiences up than chatting one-on-one with anyone. I don't mean offense. It just makes me uncomfortable.
And introverts are perceived as...

Myths and Facts about Introverts
Myth 1 – Introverts don’t like to talk.
This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are...

I did the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test a few years ago when I was at university. My result was INTJ (aka "the scientist" or "the mastermind"). Apparently this is quite rare.

I'm not sure how accurate it is or whether the...

But I am most definitely an introvert. I learned early in life that the U.S. society doesn't value introverts, and so, by the time I was ten, I had decided to wear a mask around others. Then, if they didn't like me, it wasn't really...

I am sad and worried about what people probably think of me - that I am a lonely person. I like to do things by myself, but my friends say that it just makes me look pathetic.
But do I really care? I don't know. I wouldn't be writing...

I do not know if it is the way I was brought up or if it is an inherited thing to be introverted. As a toddler I was more friendly and happier, this is what I was told. I was a bit of a show off but I do not remember any of it. The only...

I fought very hard to change because I did not understand what was "wrong" with me. In the last few years, I began to read about introversion and much of it described the chaos going on in my head. At first, I thought I was a sociopath...

as the title says, but i also have social anxiety which intensifies the introverted-ness, i do wish i could get out more and meet people but whats the point? people either wanna smoke weed or drink until they pass out in their own vomit...

I often get the “are you mad?” “is something bothering you?” “why are you so quiet?”.. Its annoying.

Lets go back 2-3 years ago. (keep in mind that I live in a small town in the Dominican Republic where people are closed...

My emotions scream inside me but I let it out in whispers.

Time stops for me and I take everything in.

I am extremely loud but incredibly close.

I am deeply introverted. Which I have mixed feelings about, sometimes I love it and sometimes I hate it. Along with that, some 6-7 years ago, I got involved with meditation cause of the introspective nature of it. Through the...

I’m not shy and I really like public speaking. What makes me an introvert are the facts that I prefer the silence and I don’t enjoy meaningless talk. Most of my responses consist of “Yeah”, “Hmm”, or “Really?”. I don’t...

I think there should be a name for an extreme introvert. My case is gross, got only one friend who hardly knows whats going on in my life, my own siblings and family dont even know that I lost my job two months ago and my resources are...

I, like many of you, don’t often see the need for talking. Most conversations are filled with trivial musings or gratuitous drama, and that gets exhausting pretty quickly. Also like many of you, my introversion has caused me a lot of...

We are quiet and don't cause drama , why would you want to kill an introvert . Because you know us quiet ones hear and see all * grins * .

and maybe awkwardly too :)