Do you consider yourself an introvert? Well, you're not alone, as much as you'd like to be. Millions of people around the world feel exactly the way you do, and, somewhat ironically, they're using social media to highlight just how much they prefer their own company.
Take a look at this collection of funny introvert problems to see what we mean. Compiled by Bored Panda, the list below is sure to resonate with introverts everywhere. Don't forget to vote for the funniest!
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"When people think you are dying, they really really listen ... instead of just waiting for their turn to speak" - Fight Club
Or they constantly interupt me and I just shut up because I decide it isn't worth the bother.
Those are the same people that keep on disrupting you whenever you do talk...
Soooo true. i hate that. But then Im that person that ends up being the only person listening to the rest of the story
Load More Replies...That is my whole family. I stay home for the Holidays now because of it. You shouldn't set yourself up for failure when other people want you to make them happy.
So true!!! And it annoys me, but then I learned to not care about the opinions / judgement by those I don't even know.
so true! when i start talking people usually talk over me so most of time i don't give a s**t about giving my opinion
Same here. It's happened so many times. I start to talk, they hear me as in are looking at me and listening, and literally five seconds later they will start talking over me at the person on the other side of me. It's like the weirdest WTF. I'm not sure if they're that rude or they truly don't realise (as in they were not really listening at all, just following their train of thought, until they have something to say, at which point they're not even aware anymore I'm talking. I do have a mild tone of voice, but if I speak louder I just sound shrill, so...
Load More Replies...I work at customer service (retail)n on the weekends, this is how i feel on monday, just in time to start my full-time job. viscous cycle!
I'd say time for a career change?
Load More Replies...This is me right now this second! Been hiding in my bedroom for 2 days not seeing anyone. New Years and Christmas was just too much for me!
Well that totally explains caves in the first place xD xD
Load More Replies...I'm not introverted, I'm just antisocial, I hate crowds, I hate parties, I hate going to the supermarket.... I just HATE PEOPLE...!!
We fell out of the trees trying to get away from each other. Its normal !
They disappeared or, worse, you forgot to check your mobile phone and find out you didn't read the message they sent you to let you know they weren't going :-P
...it'll be fun they said...we'll stick together the whole time they said...lol
then leave, problem solved, no up or down votes needed. You're welcome.
"...even if you do really like them, you want them to go home soon." I relate to this statement so much!
Gross generalisation here, but I think extrovert people tend to be less empathic because they are too busy going out emotionally and mentally to take the other person's emotions and opinions in. Because if you tend to talk more you end up having much less experience listening to other people. Also, society reinforces their view that their way is the good, healthy one.
Thank you for putting this up because now I can send it to my friends!
Find an other introvert (e.g. standing alone watching a bookshelf), look in to his/her eyes for 0.1 sec and smile a bit, then turn to the books. Friendship granted.
Step Five: invest in the best technology to avoid human contact ever again
Well... "I'm in a bad mood because I'm exhausted from socializing because I'm introvert and that's how it works" is polite.
Too. Many. Words. Already exhsusted by the long interaction while saying them. F--k off works fine xD xD
Load More Replies...And there's no easy way to explain to people that I like myself more than anyone. That is to say, I prefer my own company to anyone else's. No one's more fun to me than me.
If they don't stick to the script, then what should I do with all the smart-a*s comebacks I practiced in my mind??
My friend always wants to talk on the phone - keep explaining that if we need to have a difficult conversation then it is best if I email her then she can't interrupt me and I can make all my points. THEN she can respond! Extroverts never let me finish a sentence! I have a family full of them coming on New Year's day - is it okay if I hide under the bed?
This is probably the biggest one for me. I hate making phone calls specifically if its to people I don't know, or don't have a close relationship with, and even then its not always easy.
For me it's the opposite. It's easier with strangers as I don't really care what they think if they don't get a good impression (within reason). Now, if I do care what they think (a bosss, a client, etc.) then it's a nightmare.
Load More Replies...I don't get many calls, but my grandma used to call me sometimes, and she always said something like "So, what are you doing right now?", and I never knew what to respond, since the answer was obviously "Speaking with you, duh"
That's what so great about caller I.D. don't have to answer and then you have time to formulate your answer while listening to the voice mail lol
Mine is like me: Hello! Neighbor: Hi! :) That went great, I'm really social today :D
You'll be amazing math partners. Keep him close but not that much. On the chair right next to you is close enough. Just make him occupy the space so nobody else, like an extrovert, can sit there.
I don't even know them, I've never seen them, I don't even know what they are, but I ship it.
join the rmy, they'll teach you and you don't have to talk back much
I took an American Sign Language class in college & loved it.... Until I found out we had to go on a day-long mandatory trip to the local School for the Hearing Impaired. I dropped out the day before the trip. LOL
But not in coffee shops! Who wants to read in a coffee shop where people may see you, when you can stay comfortably at home?
Load More Replies...Once at a café with my brother and his girlfriend, it was BECAUSE we were talking to each other that I needed wi-fi, because I either wanted to show them something, or we wanted to check some facts on the spot, I don't remember now. Anyway, I went to the counter, asking for thw password, I was rejected with a "you have to talk to each other". I was like "O.....kay......". And then "Sorry, guys..." The thing was I couldn't use data because I was on roaming, since I live abroad and I was visiting my family, which is something I can't afford so often due to the distance between the two countries....
'Tachycardia'. My goodness, what a shameful spelling! Sorry, English isn't my mother tongue.
Load More Replies...first I look at the caller ID. If it's someone I know I might answer, if not it automatically goes to voice mail. If they leave a message they get a call back usually. Sometimes even that day. Many people can just leave a message and know that their communication to me is complete. Really like those people.
When you're in a car and your friend asks you to call someone on the phone for them. "But can I die first?"
I have this ability to hold a conversation without having any idea what it is about. I converse while daydreaming. It's nice at parties because it makes everybody happy (I'm in my private bubble and people think I'm happy with them) but it's a problem at work as I never know what my colleagues asked me to do even though I agreed to do it.
This one is the most accurate so far. For me, it's usually red or green combined with purple
My experience of friends is they are a constant disappointment but my dog has never let me down.
If someone finds a job like this, please let me know. I'm so ready for a career change that involves ignoring people
Perhaps writing books or painting art? Do that, and the only thing you have to do is contact some people by email to sell your s**t.
Nah. Editors tend to ignore e-mails by unrecognised new artist wannabes. You'll need to actively persuade them with phone calls and arranging (and attending) meetings if you're serious about it.
Load More Replies...Working in the translation and localisation team for a vide game, I kinda agree with this. I'll have yet to see, though, when I finish my free-lancer contract and start actually working with them next month.
Load More Replies...Try the DMV or a government post, they ignore peole for long periods of time. Heck, why not run for president? Clearly our prersident is ignoring everyone else on the planet and just doing what he wants.
You just explained why people get so wild at sci-fi type conventions.
Very true! The people I am comfortable with are 90% my family members, since a lot of them are introverts like me
When you're reading at a family gathering and the kid(s) won't stop bugging you.
So very real, takes me hours of pacing back and forth first or a glass of wine.
lol or worse.... they show up at your house (uninvited) and you have to ninja crawl your way (underneath the windows to hide), before being spotted.
Like when my parents invite people over. - " I'll be in my room."
Load More Replies...I do this all the time in work or on the train or at home...being lost in your own world/mind is always fun
I'd go into thought and stare through the teacher!! Freaked her out!
When I was a kid, I act like this. I don't want strangers in my house. Lol now i know why.
This is from "Dog Friend Cat Friend" by FatAwesome. Great video. This is the cat friend; they cut out the guy flipping company the bird.
I HATE leaving a message. If the mailbox answers, I'll just hang up knowing the person I called (as long as I know them) sees I was trying to reach them and eventually calls back... but if they call back to late (like anything past 8pm), I'm not going to answer either...
I just call, wait a few calls and hang out, then send a text- contact done
Use the internet, you can talk about things you like with other people who like them and it is relatively anonymous- e.g. you only know my name~
I apologize for everything, to the point it actually annoys people, which I apologize for...
OMG LOL yes, me too. "Sorry", "sorry", "Oh, sorry chair, didn't see you.", "sorry- Ha, I said that already, sorry about that" lol
Load More Replies...I use rearrange my head, that makes people back off..lol
Load More Replies...I'm introverted and wear it proudly. I just say I'm not feeling sociable and will stay home. My old voice mail used to say "I can't take your call because I'm feeling antisocial and using the phone to screen my calls." Not everyone was as amused as my insurance agent, but it worked. I'm introverted, but not shy at all. Everyone gets fair warning.
I hate clingy people. Not "hate" of course, I just hate when they "cling" to me. Because I'm too polite to tell them to leave me alone. I have to make up excuses for not going to do things with them, and I'm a terrible liar, so I end up offending them by admitting "I don't really feel like it" Sigh
So glad I am not the only one who feels this way.. but soo true
But of course there is! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_phobia
Load More Replies...I can only speak for myself, but I would say this precisely to the person or persons that I feel comfortable with and look forward to spend time with and I will never say it to the ones I really don't want to be around.
Load More Replies...This happens a lot to me and I usually feel guilty because I can be really mean without intending it in these situations.
I once actually considered (in earnest) buying this doormat: 40-60cm-Ca...94703c.jpg
#the me does all the work in the end because nobody cares nor f*****g listens to people who actually have a plan
also we say that our parents didn't allow us to come but we never asked
With a slight stretch off the imagination, all of these are true. The stuff I have to do is sit at home alone. Feeling unwell is a very general term, you could mean mentally or emotionally. And somewhere else just so happens to be your house.
I have taught all of my friends the VERY short birthday song. You clap 1, 2, 3 and sing "This is your birthday song, it isn't very long!" Done.
Load More Replies...OMG... I was with an overbearing person who wanted me to get free cake in a restaurant so told the staff it was my birthday. Dear God, they sang to me. It was a nightmare.
Then during chilling with the cat the little humans run up to you to play and oh no feelings of terror come in.,lol.. even though thy are adorable
I find the dogs, rabbits or gerbils....birds flying through the yard...I skulk away to my car.
I once had to go to a party where everyone was dancing and singing, I ended up sitting in a tree watching the birds or petting the cats for the entire thing.
Lmao very real and true but then feel bad cuz wish I just got it over with
Yeah, I think it is. Just because you're introverted doesn't mean you're not human
I don't go that far, but I do think of others as "normal people"
Load More Replies...I don't think that introverts necessarily hate people at all. I love people - they just drain my energy, but that's nothing personal, it"s just the way I'm made.
It's not hate, it's the fact that we need/tolerate a much much smaller amount of social interaction than normal people, but since you do want/need to interact with people, those people somehow assume that you are ok with the usual volume/frequency of interaction (which you're not) and they try to engage you far more often than you would like, so you end dreading their contact because it forces you to pretend/deflect/ or either offend (with the subsequent emotional nightmare drama) or accept (and have a rotten time doing whatever it is you accepted doing to look normal and to not offend someone.
Load More Replies...Hate that for I will have so much to say but get scared and m brain freezes or topic changes
I was just in tears laughing.. because this has been said to me so many times. And that is my reaction in my head.. I would be rich if I had a dollar every time I heard this. Or " do you ever talk".. lol
Or "Maybe she doesn't really have anything worth saying" (they have skipped to the third person at this stage since they are no longer talking to you but about you). Meanwhile, you, in your head "You don't really have much to say that's worth hearing either and still you keep talking."
Load More Replies...If I had a dollar every time my mum, at a dinner party with all HER friends, would say out loud: "Why don't you join in the conversation? Don't you have anything interesting to say? You really shold smile more! And stop playing with the cat!!!"
Pretending to be late for something, seeing the hour in his invisible watch.
Load More Replies...socializes for 5 days straight?!?! My god more like **falls into hell and never comes back**
1 or 2 social gatherings a week is plenty for me if I have the weekend to go to the middle of nowhere as far away from other humans as I can possibly get.
I can't feel your pain because I have enough of my own.
Load More Replies...I'm an introvert and very shy. To make things worse, after my brother's death a couple of years ago, I began suffering from social anxiety disorder. I must say the tweets, cartoons, and thoughts shared here are very accurate. So, I hope they help extroverts to understand us, and us introverts to feel less awkward and realise we are not alone. A big hug to all introverts out there! :-)
Sorry for your loss... 😡 A big hug from another introvert.
Load More Replies...I'm an introvert, but I don't have troubles with calls and texts, because I only get like 1 call and 1 text a week on average. This is because only very few people know my number, and most of the ones who do, rarely ever bother to call/text me. (Unless it's my birthday or Christmas or something like that)
I hate the telephone and people dropping by unannounced and I am a receptionist - this is all I do ALL DAY LONG!
You gotta love Srah Anderson when you're an introvert. 31f2f28388...e56042.jpg
I'm not an introvert, but I do have a few specialty cheeses I put out to tempt you guys to come out the mousehole. Generally works.
All I can say about these posts is...These capture me perfectly. I also suffer from ADD so teachers and some relatives treat me differently already...as if I don't have feelings.
Not sure about some of these or I'm just way more OK with being an introvert. The ones about wanting to meet people and being awkward in conversation. Who cares? Not me. If people don't like my personality the way it is, they need to not let the door hit them in the a*s on the way out. There are a few people that actually want to converse with me and I enjoy their company when they are around. But I don't go searching for people to talk to. I don't worry about offending people at parties because I'm sitting on the back porch having a meaningful conversation with the cat about all that crazy stuff going on in the kitchen. The cat agrees with me. That's what coats are for. Any true introverts out there... PLEASE EMBRACE WHO YOU ARE AND QUIT LETTING OTHER PEOPLE TELL YOU HOW TO FEEL!
Im a weird mix of introvert and extrovert. I prefer being alone, reading, listening to music but there are days I want to be around people
You know you're an introvert if you went through all 101 pictures laughing your butt off because you can relate to every last one and finally feel like you're not a lonely weird alien.
I'm an introvert and very shy. To make things worse, after my brother's death a couple of years ago, I began suffering from social anxiety disorder. I must say the tweets, cartoons, and thoughts shared here are very accurate. So, I hope they help extroverts to understand us, and us introverts to feel less awkward and realise we are not alone. A big hug to all introverts out there! :-)
Sorry for your loss... 😡 A big hug from another introvert.
Load More Replies...I'm an introvert, but I don't have troubles with calls and texts, because I only get like 1 call and 1 text a week on average. This is because only very few people know my number, and most of the ones who do, rarely ever bother to call/text me. (Unless it's my birthday or Christmas or something like that)
I hate the telephone and people dropping by unannounced and I am a receptionist - this is all I do ALL DAY LONG!
You gotta love Srah Anderson when you're an introvert. 31f2f28388...e56042.jpg
I'm not an introvert, but I do have a few specialty cheeses I put out to tempt you guys to come out the mousehole. Generally works.
All I can say about these posts is...These capture me perfectly. I also suffer from ADD so teachers and some relatives treat me differently already...as if I don't have feelings.
Not sure about some of these or I'm just way more OK with being an introvert. The ones about wanting to meet people and being awkward in conversation. Who cares? Not me. If people don't like my personality the way it is, they need to not let the door hit them in the a*s on the way out. There are a few people that actually want to converse with me and I enjoy their company when they are around. But I don't go searching for people to talk to. I don't worry about offending people at parties because I'm sitting on the back porch having a meaningful conversation with the cat about all that crazy stuff going on in the kitchen. The cat agrees with me. That's what coats are for. Any true introverts out there... PLEASE EMBRACE WHO YOU ARE AND QUIT LETTING OTHER PEOPLE TELL YOU HOW TO FEEL!
Im a weird mix of introvert and extrovert. I prefer being alone, reading, listening to music but there are days I want to be around people
You know you're an introvert if you went through all 101 pictures laughing your butt off because you can relate to every last one and finally feel like you're not a lonely weird alien.
