50 Introvert Memes For Anyone Who Loves Staying Home And Recharging Their Social Battery
Interview With ExpertWhat’s your ideal Saturday night? Are you going out with friends until 3am, or staying home to watch a movie and snuggle with your cat? At the end of a long day, would you rather call your family and chat for hours, or turn off your phone and finally enjoy the peace of being alone? There’s no right or wrong answer, but if you're choosing the latter options, you just might be an introvert.
So if you’d like to bond with your fellow homebodies (without having to see anyone in person), you’ve come to the right place. We’ve gathered some of our favorite memes from Introvert Mojo on Instagram down below. So enjoy scrolling through these pics, and keep reading to find conversations with David Hall of the Quiet and Strong podcast, Jamie C. Martin, founder of Introverted Moms, and Peter Vogt, author of The Introvert Manifesto!
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Same for me, people cannot imagine that i am an introvert but i spent so much energy these past years... Even a phone call feels like a training session
Yeah, I can seem like a real extrovert when I'm in trainer mode but that burns me out.
This is literally me. I call myself an ambivert. I'm an outgoing introvert. I'm not awkward or shy, other people just drain the life out of me if I'm around them too much. My family doesn't get it - they just think I'm antisocial. It's good to know there are others out there like me!
Totally me. I've pretty good social skills. I just am not interested in using them. People make me tired.
I was a shy introvert. My wife is an extrovert. I learned social small talk and mannerism from watching her at social gatherings. I can fake it, but don't enjoy it.
I’m the same way but reversed. My husband is the extrovert. People exhaust me
Load More Replies...Many people equate introversion with social anxiety. Introversion is the fact that socializing zaps our energy.
To learn more about what it’s like to be an introvert, we reached out to a few experts on the topic who were kind enough to chat with Bored Panda. “For me, being an introvert means I'm a deep thinker,” says David Hall, host of the Quiet and Strong podcast. “I tend to dive inward, navigating through my inner world of ideas and reflections. It's like having a private universe right in my mind! As introverts we are deep thinkers, and really enjoy the inner world of our thoughts.”
David also says that, despite the bad rap that introversion often gets, it’s not all hiding in a corner with a book. “When you truly understand and embrace your introverted nature, it's like unlocking a superpower,” he explained. “It's about tapping into that quiet strength and finding beauty in solitude. So remember, introversion: It's not just a label, it's a way to really understand yourself.”
Brilliant. So eager for the chance to use it, I may actually go somewhere.
Way to much interaction, I'd just nod or laugh or whatever and move on.
Omg i always get.people chatting to me on public transport so im gonna do this, tis gonna be fun 🙈
Some of us wake up at 3am and can't get back to sleep even though we only fell asleep around 10pm.
Load More Replies...I don't understand how people can have loud conversations on public transportation. Drives me nuts.
I hear ya! Now keep it down; I'm trying to listen for my stop.
Load More Replies...I have one coworker who gets it. Him and I show up to work sometime between 5:30-6:30am, say "mornin", then it's silence until about 8. Unfortunately my other coworkers do not get it.
There's a good chance I won't even remember what you said anytime before 9. I'm alive in body only, needs a fee hours for the mind to catch up.
If you want to see an impression of rabies in a human, just try talking to me before I have had my two cups of coffee...
“Being an introvert means that I get my energy recharged when I’m alone,” Jamie C. Martin, founder of Introverted Moms, shared. “Extroverts actually recharge when around others; introverts recharge by themselves.”
“Introverts tend to prefer deeper relationships with a smaller circle of people, which can be a beautiful asset,” Jamie continued. “It’s a natural preference for quality over quantity. Because of this less-is-more preference, we go deeper. Incredibly, it’s even been shown that the brain of an introvert processes information more deeply than the brain of an extrovert!”
I did this so much, and also for some f*****g reason I used to chew them 🤷
Cats tend to chew on things when nervous or playing
Load More Replies...It was fun to unroll them by holding the sides and lightly pulling downward. (Why did I say “was”? I still do this all the time. )
When my cousin was a baby, she'd pull the cotton out of her diaper and put it between her nose and on top of her bottle when she was feeding. (It wasn't really a problem for her breathing--for anyone who is thinking this way.) She would also pull it out just to hold it. She was always easy to find because she left a trail of cotton pieces everywhere she went. No wonder she grew up to be a common criminal and useless excuse for a human: she deprived herself of too much oxygen that damaged that ole skank's brain. (I know I'm awful to say this about a relative but I have my reasons.)
This made me chuckle a bit, not because of the situation but how you described the adult version of your skank cousin. Haha
Load More Replies...This is also the case with drunk introvert people. Like they release the hell out of them.
I have to talk loud because some of my personalities are hard of hearing.
Yeah...that would be me lol once I'm comfortable I turn into my sister and can't shut tf up
Us synthesizer aficionados are rare. When we find each other, we babble on and on about the merits of a Moog over a Sequential Circuits, or argue analog vs. digital. Subjects the average person has no idea what we are on about.
yes, why is the need to clean and fix everything in the middle of the night while everyone else is sleeping
Because it gives you free reign, nobody interrupts to tell you that you missed a spot or that that is the wrong way to do something or can you clean the shower next? All that smarmy know it all craptastic stuff is asleep and you are freeeeeeeee.
Load More Replies...my bestie got up at 4 in november to but thhe xmas deco up
It is always like I want to more productive in the middle of the night!
According to Peter Vogt, founder of Introvert Insights and author of The Introvert Manifesto, it's easiest to understand introverts and introversion by contrasting them against extroverts and extroversion. But first, Peter says, "It’s important to know that introversion and extroversion lie on opposite ends of a continuum, so there’s really no such thing as 'an' introvert or 'an' extrovert."
"We are all a mix of both traits (along with many others). There are degrees of introversion and extroversion, and even those degrees fluctuate a bit in one particular person," Peter went on to explain. "In general, though, for some of us—like me, for example—there is much more introvert than extrovert in the mix! So it’s easiest—as a form of shorthand, really—to just say 'I’m an introvert' vs. something like 'I tend toward introversion most of the time.'"
Yeah, just got a DM from a friend who was saying, "Hey, I'll be in your area in a couple of months! Let's get together!" Nothing against the friend, but I'm really not even in the mood to meet up with close family members. Was trying to figure out how to respond to him so I didn't make him feel bad, but ended up just replying with a thumbs-up emoji, and making it a "future me" problem.
Peter also says there are two basic differences between introverts and extroverts: "Introverts are energized (and re-energized, when they’re tired) by solitude and alone time—time away from people. Whereas extroverts are energized (and re-energized, when they’re tired) by being with people," he explained.
"Introverts prefer a lower-key, quieter environment that isn’t full of external stimulation—like lots of noise, for example, and lots of things happening that we pick up with our senses. Whereas extroverts prefer a more action-oriented environment that does feed the five senses," Peter continued.
"In a nutshell: Introverts just prefer a quieter, lower-key life where they can focus on just a few things—or one thing—at a time, in depth. Extroverts prefer a more action-oriented, senses-pleasing life where they can be involved in lots of different things," the author says. "One is not better than than other! They’re just different from each other."
Literally seconds before reading this I was like...damn, I should message friend incase they think I've forgotten them.
I'm grateful cause i have 1 (and only) friend like this. We just chat a few times in a year asking how you doing blah blah keep up w the gossips and just ghost each other again.
Sometimes the effort to speak is more than the benefit of having spoken
Which is why the bottom of my purse is full of crumpled up receipts and random coins. :)
Load More Replies...Shops need a little spot to one side to get sorted out without getting in the way.
I used to say this all the time! Now I don’t cuz I exclusively shop online… can’t deal with people anymore lol
Load More Replies...It might be the only positive of the pandemic but invasion of personal space had somewhat improved, nit enough but still!
I use waiting in a check out line as a time for a bit of deep breathing and surrounding awareness observation of humans. A kind of "Be here now" state.
An excellent way to spend waiting in line time, when I think of it I’ll also send loving kindness to folks around me (usually when I see a frazzled looking parent).
Load More Replies...I used to be like the woman on the photo. But then I had a major stress-episode and since then I've just decided that I do not want to be stressed out just because you are in a hurry. So I take whatever time I need to pack my bags and find my car keys etc. I am not being extra slow. I just do it in a pace that suits me. And nobody ever actually said anything.
for f****n real! Just f****n wait for 5 f****n seconds! Like, goddamn! It's not that f****n hard!
start walking backwards in to them. people learn quick that you dont have spatial awareness, just like they don't, and they finally move back.
“Being an introvert is like having a secret superpower that not everyone knows about!” David says. “Sure, we introverts aren't all exactly alike, despite the many stereotypes, but there's something pretty magical about embracing your introversion.”
“As introverts, we've got these amazing imaginations that can take us to places no one else even dreamed of, help us solve problems like no other, and think of things in ways no one else has before,” he explained. “We often have so many ideas, it’s hard to keep track of them all, but they're usually pretty innovative and creative if we have time to think about them.”
You mean 'should've said"? Pretend I didn't say that.
Load More Replies...Always come up with a great come-back 10 minutes after the opportunity has passed. I could make a whole volume of encyclopedias with those
It goes with the volume titled "Clever responses I should have said. (That I came up with two weeks later while trying to fall asleep.)"
For me it’s a three month long Netflix documentary, 40 seasons, 100 episodes per season, each lasting 3 hours (12000 hours I think)
OMG this is SO me! (Keep looking at the battery meter trying to figure out how long until I can do the roll-over)
Unless said loneliness comes from not feeling understood. In my experience you can try as hard as you want, but you can't make people understand what they don't comprehend.
Load More Replies...After reading all these things about loneliness, I am glad that I am incapable of feeling lonely. My weird brain wins again.
When I feel lonely, I buy stocks in a business making less than $100,000.00. That way I have a little company.
Careful, Lizzie. In olden times people were put into the stocks for less.
Load More Replies...“But being an introvert isn't just about daydreaming and doodling (although those are pretty awesome perks),” David continued. “We've got this arsenal of strengths that set us apart. From our deep reflectiveness to our knack for analytical thinking, we introverts bring a lot to the table. And when we lock onto a task, you better believe we're laser-focused until it's done.”
“So even though half the population is introverted, it still feels like being an introvert is being part of this exclusive club with all these hidden talents just waiting to be unleashed,” the podcaster added. “And it's a pretty awesome club to be in!”
Does that work the same way as a double negative? 🤔 No, or not.
Load More Replies...I wanted to be invited, but I want it to be ok that I don’t want to go.
The nice thing about old age is made-up health issues prevent me from doing anything ever. I just say "My bursitis is acting up" or "My arthritis is acting up", any of the 'tises' work well.
"Free at last!!!" A bit of joint aching can provide more relief than suffering.
Load More Replies...I told a friend of mine that I always want to be invited even though I often will not go.
Before: Nobody invites me to anything. After: This is boring. Why did I come?
Me: “She didn’t invite me? She must hate me!” Also me: “Oh, I have to go? Ugh, I hate her!”
Me watching YouTube videos but falling asleep at the same time. Better rewind and watch that again....and again.....and again. ;)
Me the thing bcs have brain and zoning. 😁 (This is a joke and not meant to make fun of anyone)
Load More Replies...I watched 15 seasons, 20+ epidsodes each of Supernatural in less than a month.
Load More Replies...Did this. So Awesome. Watched reruns of original growing up. Was fn so happy when they brought it back!
Load More Replies...Also I've recently listened to over a year's episodes of the podcast I like. Listen to an episode when I do practical adulting stuff (like hanging newly washed clothes or putting it away). Suddenly I am nearly 60 episodes in! Still got about 450 to go, though. Lol. This is on top of watching years' worth of tv shows in a surprisingly short amount of time. Lol.
When it comes to Peter's favorite aspects of being an introvert, he told Bored Panda, "For me, the best part is knowing I’m capable of doing things on my own when I want or need to. Many introverts (me included) have an independent streak. Like any trait, this can be a blessing and a curse, depending on the situation and on whom you ask! But I treasure the fact that I can be my own entertainment and company. And it’s not 'work' or a hardship for me; it’s a joy."
"I also enjoy digging into things deeply, which is another classic introvert trait. It helps me have deep conversations with people, learn about new subjects in great depth, and more," he added.
Bernard Shaw said - Don't do unto others as your would have them do to you. Their tastes may not be the same
Load More Replies...Yeah, this isn't an introvert thing, we don't treat ourselves badly.
Load More Replies...Thee8thsense I read you name as These 8 cheese and now I want cheese
Load More Replies...My daughters learned very early that mum does not wake up happy. My husband still has not figured this out. It’s been 32 years
Me when I come home from work mentally exhausted, and my husband wants to tell me all about his day lmao.
It also risks the judgy look you get when you wince as she tells you it's more expensive than you'd hoped.
I like that, I'm gonna use it. Or not, I probably won't say anything... but I'll think about saying it!
Load More Replies...I feel like this is more social anxiety than introversion. They often get lumped together, but they're each distinct things. Asking an employee a question is an interaction that will be short and to the point -- and if you can't do that, that's social anxiety. Having a long conversation of small talk is another thing entirely -- and that's a hallmark of introversion.
If I really like the shirt I assume the monetary cost of the shirt hoping not to backfire with a expensive one. It's a risky game.
Because introverts are often misunderstood, we asked the experts if there were any misconceptions about introverts they’d like to dispel. “Being an introvert does NOT mean that you don’t like people!” Jamie shared. “I love people and even connecting with new people, but I just need to recharge when I’m alone again afterwards.”
The need to know why. It explains why people do/say stuff because the majority of introverts are unable to comprehend why people do/say stuff. Hope this clarifies the situation, you are welcome.
Load More Replies...I agree completely. I have always been fascinated by why people make decisions that seem out of character. Or in character for that matter. "What thinking led you to that decision?" Sometimes I really want to know.
I absolutely hate not understanding why… I need reasons for things!
This is why I don't do well with authority. I'm not doing something just because you say to. Explain to me why and if I agree I will do it.
Or when you wake up before it's time to wake up, look at the clock, and calculate how much time you have left to lay in bed.
My brain has a whole conversation with nobody about its constant struggle to shutdown and sleep. And when it gets to the end, it starts over until it finally exhausts itself.
20 laps of overthinking what you should/n't have said.
Load More Replies...“Being introverted doesn't automatically mean we're shy wallflowers who'd rather hide in a closet than talk to people,” David added. “Nope, we actually enjoy socializing (on our terms of course). We value deep connections and meaningful conversations with our inner circle more than anything.”
“Now, here's the real scoop: introverts have rechargeable batteries. We need our alone time to power up and get ready to take on the world,” he explained. “Whether it's focusing on a project, unwinding after a long day, or just letting our minds wander into the cosmos, solitude is our sanctuary.”
Then you have to awkwardly stand around until the teacher pairs with the weird kid
But it is how I, the weird kid, met my best friend over 25 years ago!
Load More Replies...I failed dance in P.E. because none of the boys were willing to dance with me.
I usually just ask to work alone, and if I can’t, I just end up doing all the work
Well, looks like it's you and me on this one, teach, all the partners are taken.
The gas station by me had bags of just those. Just the ends of the cones full of chocolate. I might have bought a couple bags. Muddy bites!
But David says being an introvert doesn’t mean that a person has to be shy. “And we're not hermits. We love spending quality time with the people who get us on a soul-deep level. Those late-night chats and heart-to-heart conversations. They're what we live for,” he explained. “So, being introverted isn't about avoiding people—it's about finding that perfect balance between time in our minds and connecting with others.”
“Mkay@ will now be my response to all questions- all of them !!
Load More Replies...And why is that?!? I can sleep 9 hours in my bed and wake up feeling like I've been hit by a truck. But two hours in my recliner, and I wake up feeling like I've been on vacation.
Load More Replies...I think i have that same bed, but thank God i don't have that bedspread.
For a second I thought that was a bedspread designed to look like pizza. But I think it's autumnal floral.
Peter says he could easily name a hundred misconceptions about introverts, but he says one of the most prominent is the belief that if you’re an introvert, there is something fundamentally wrong with you. "In Western society especially, extroverts and extroversion are put on a pedestal of sorts. Being an extrovert is the 'right' thing to be," he explained. "The gold standard."
"Introverts and introversion? Not so much. Being an introvert is seen as the 'wrong' way to be—a message that is communicated to introverts both implicitly and explicitly," Peter continued. "Being an introvert is 'that other thing'—not the gold standard, i.e., extroversion. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I’ve heard introverts say (about their introversion): 'I always thought something must be wrong with me' or 'Something is wrong with me.'"
I have hobbies, just not the motivation to do anything with them.
I have an acquaintance who bought her 10 year old son a drumset for Christmas. She said she would rather hear him practicing the drums all day than playing computer games. Music arts is great to get kids away from the wasteland that is computer entertainment.
"It’s heartbreaking, because the typical response to such a belief is to try to change and become the extrovert you’re not. And that goes nowhere good," Peter told Bored Panda. "You end up unhappy at a minimum, and often you end up experiencing far worse (e.g., depression, anxiety)—because you feel like you’ve sold yourself down the river."
"So, if I could say something to introverts everywhere, I’d say this: 'There’s nothing wrong with you! You’re simply an introvert!'" he shared. "Again, introverts and extroverts (and introversion and extroversion) are just different from each other. Not better than or worse than each other."
I thought it was the person showing they are unarmed and have their hands in the air? \o\ lol /o/
I can't...it's a part of me and sentences feel like phrases without it...lol.
Yes. It's either my scheduled doctor's call or spam. Everyone else knows to message me first.
If you don't have your own ringtone in my phone, there's a 99.9% chance of my not answering. If you do, there's still 99.9% chance I'm not answering but I do know who I'm ignoring. You'll get a text in 5 minutes that says "Sorry. Just saw you called."
It's almost always my sister. Occasionally my mom or my son. But 99% of the time, it's my sister.
“Once you really get to know yourself as an introvert—your strengths, your needs, your quirks—it's like unlocking a whole new level of superpowers,” David says. “Seriously, it's a game-changer for everything from productivity to relationships, communication, leadership, you name it.”
“It’s not about whether introverts can do something—it's about how we'll do it. We've got this knack for approaching challenges in our own unique way, often surprising even ourselves (and definitely our extroverted colleagues) with our success,” he explained.
“So, embrace your introverted superpower. Own it, celebrate it, and watch as it takes you to places you never even dreamed possible,” David added. “Introverts are awesome!"
Even worse, they're expecting an active response that would require you to have paid more attention than you actually did.
Then comes the follow-up thought of mine
Load More Replies...like, damn! Do they want us to f****n say uve got skibbi rizz and ur sigma! Like what the f**k do they want us to f****n do! So, shut the f**k up, close your f****n mouth, and if u don't know how to do that, put you f****n big a*s lips together! THERE U DID U DUMB A*S! so, shut the f**k, and get the f**k out!
Can’t fake anything, wish I could life would be so much easier.
Your comment was absolutely brilliant!! (See how easy it can be to fake it?)
Load More Replies...Maybe not completely, but a heckin lot more than when I was a kid.
Adult life sucks but you can manage some loneliness time without being asked to do something
Oh, I didn't realize we started complex numbers(imaginary numbers).
even the math teacher knows you don't have 5 friends. that's why they're telling you to imagine it.
Suppose you come up with a proven reality for the question that follows!
If this was about introversion then it would be the last I was excited to see other people.
Knowing that my mom left in my early years i don't think she's excited having me lol
Thank God your here, now they will stop bullying me and start on you.
Yea, don't want to cause a scene or whatever. Ace of spades is close enough.
I'm still friends with someone I've known since we were in preschool together at age 3. We've stayed friends through college, young adulthood, and now middle age. I think it's only because she's just as weird as I am. :)
Yeah, I don't want to be friends with someone who wants to be friends with me. Actually, I don't want to be friends with anyone.
Just play cat and dog by txt... TOTALLY doesn't have barking at the end
I had this last week, the "chill playlist" ended and spotify ran with La Solitude - Barbara. One of the most depressing french song ever.
Starts getting into my playlist that is just depressing as hell and I’m the only one who likes it
I don't play music for friends cause 1, don't have any, and 2, I like socially unacceptable music.
What is "socially unacceptable music"? Like Freddie Dredd? Because I've gotten some weird reactions to his music. It's mine and my husbands thing only.
So much to look back on and be reminded just how weird and often awkward (anxiety/ social anxiety/ shy / introvert). I sometimes find myself dwelling and regretting / replaying on something I did or said in middle or high school. It's useless to do and has n9 benefit. The really crazy part of dwelling on something from my pre-teen or teen years is that I just turned 58 freakin years old. That garbage had to have lived on one of the brain cells I ƙịļĺed in my young and occasionally wild days. I just shake my head and try to mentally boot the thought out and move on, but it sum bugs me get such ancient history still tries to invade my thoughts
I’m in kindergarten at age four, and there’s a day something deeply embarrassing happens to me. I’m nearly sixty-six years old, and my face still turns scarlet when I think about it … and I still think about it.
I used to playfully stomp on my husbands during martial arts classes.. my version of flirting. Still together 26 years later .. if it works..
With my chronic neck pain, I think this is how I will start reading books from now on.
Wait a second I've had this thing saved for a while- Screen-Sho...20-png.jpg
My sisters and I used to fight for the bathroom and see if we could hide in there long enough for the call to end. (It never worked.)
My stepmom STILL does this. I'm at my parents house and she gets a phone call and always puts it on speaker so I can "say hello".
Embrace it! It’s a them problem, not a you problem! Silence isn’t weird! Maybe they are the weird ones! (giving myself a pep talk here)
Yeah! If the playlist is already made, I'll sometimes spend more time reshuffling the list until the order of the songs better fits my current taste than the time I actually shower! XD
I make my Playlist while in the shower then get mad I can't finish my song cause I run out of hot water 😩
"Speaking languages that nobody ever heard of."
Load More Replies...He looks tunny with all those colors in his hair, but he forgot to add tun colors to his eyebrows and mustache.
That's my motto: If at first you don't succeed, dye dye again. Or dye trying.
So many of these are in the category of anxiety or depression -- which can co-exist with introversion, but which are not at all hallmarks of all introverts. Extroverts generally don't understand introverts, and posts like this just muddy the waters even more.
BP should start to know this because we have already explained it to him many times but despite that he continues to publish this kind of b******t.
Load More Replies...So many of these are in the category of anxiety or depression -- which can co-exist with introversion, but which are not at all hallmarks of all introverts. Extroverts generally don't understand introverts, and posts like this just muddy the waters even more.
BP should start to know this because we have already explained it to him many times but despite that he continues to publish this kind of b******t.
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