Things some of us enjoy more than anything else might sound like a total headache to others, often because of our personality type. It's especially common when it comes to extraverts and introverts. These terms, introduced by Carl Jung in the early 1920s, separate people who use socializing like a flower uses sunlight from those who need peace and quiet to recharge their batteries.
Today we’re focusing on the latter. Introverts are the perfect counterweight to all the social butterflies, but they might face difficulties interacting with them. These and similar issues are covered by the Facebook page 'Introvert Problems'. Their often amusing and oh-so-relatable content has already attracted over 3.5 million followers, and taken so many introverted people down the memory lane of such situations they’ve encountered themselves. Scroll down for some of their best examples.
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Ever considered that by being here with you IS out of my comfort zone? Huh? Huh??
People tell me at the end of my life I will regret not having lived a fuller life. I say no, I'll be dead and won't feel anything.
I say live and let live, but you are wrong. You won't be "dead". You will be more alive than now.
Load More Replies...When my extrovert husband has been talking too long and I'm started to get too full, I say, "You're a talker". It's an inside joke we have because that scene is one of my favorites from GoT. If that doesn't work, I ask him if he has an onion on his belt, which was the style at the time. The need to decompress is very real. the-hound-...63acfd.gif
Meh, it would still be uncomfortable to be in a room with people, talking or otherwise.
Technically you wouldn't be leaving your comfort zone if the zone was being made to fit your comfort. But I agree, extroverts can be absolutely obnoxious.
Holy cow, my world would be happier if extroverts shut up for just a little little bit once in a while
My house has 2 extroverts that never stop talking and me. 😭 I encourage my insomnia to get quiet time to myself where I don't have to hide in the bathroom
Load More Replies...Being introverted usually means you prefer focusing on your inner world and the state of your mind instead of other people and the outer world. Representatives of this psychological type tend to be more reserved or withdrawn; they might prefer working individually instead of as a team.
Such common features often lead to a prevailing misconception that they don't like socializing. This is not true, as lots of them are happy to engage in social activities - however, they might be selective about them.
For many being alone is not dangerous, it’s necessary. I need my alone time as much as I need food or water.
Being alone is not about where other people are. Being alone is about where you are.
This is so true! I started working from home almost 2 years ago, and we only have one car that my BF uses to get to work and drive for Uber (because we both don't get paid enough to not have side gigs)... So I don't leave the house for weeks at a time, and I'm really fine with it. I'm less tolerant of people, mostly the stupid and/or entitled but sometimes just ANYONE
Went there. A.cant avoid them all. B.some are cool. C. Have to deal with them at some point. D. Mom.
Some are like popups that no blocker can block and you cannot delete. They hog every conversation at a party.
Introverts always bitching about extroverts and then complaining no one wants to give them a chance
Load More Replies...Yes!! My friend Aiden is the biggest introvert you'll meet, it took him a while to open up to me but when he did, I found that we had lots in common. We liked the same types of movies (JoJo Rabbit, Day After Tomorrow, etc.) We played the same games (CoD, Apex, etc.) When you come across an introvert they usually just need friends.
Exactly ! Just the other day, I was talking with one of my coworker about books and movies related to the Spanish Civil War. As I was right in the middle of a long sentence in a low voice (because we're in a library, you know), our other coworker pops up yelling CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT I ALMOST TRAPPED MY FINGERS IN THE TOILET DOOR ???
Bored Panda, I discovered you during the pandemic and I need this community for my life. Don't you dare thinking of closing (until I die I guess). How bad my mood would be at the moment, coming here takes it all away. Bless you..
One of the best summations of my people. Now to find a way to block popups.
This is genuinely super rude and reinforces stereotypes. Just cause people talk a lot doesn't mean they're shallow or useless
Because of the way the brain is wired, introverts and extraverts react differently to stimulating places with lots of people. It’s not that the former feel some sort of animosity towards them, they simply are not 'rewarded' the same way as extraverts are after socializing.
Psychology Today pointed out that because of the make-up of their nervous system, they produce less dopamine, a neurotransmitter associated with reward, when participating in social gatherings.
The back but not the corner...those are introverts. Lol
Load More Replies...I am the loudest introvert you will ever meet. I can stand before a crowd and make a speech without a microphone, fight for justice, protect others. However after its all been said and done I return back into my solitary world and go through anxiety, panic, fears, worry, reliving it all in emotional turmoil of imaginary things I did wrong. Which will keep me in my cave for days, weeks, months trying to save myself from myself.
I have spoken in front of dozens and hundreds of people at a time and had a joy doing it every single second. Put me in a one-on-one conversation with someone, and I'm in total collapse.
Load More Replies...ahh they think introverts are people like me, who want to be social but are anxious and emotionally drained. I AM NOT AN INTROVERT. I AM SOCIALLY ANXIOUS AND LACK EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. an introvert is: "i'd rather not talk to people. i feel more comfortable by myself." more people need to understand this istg
Right? Imagine if people approached extroverts at a party and pointed out how much they talk? The opposite is just as rude.
Often those with the least to say are the ones that talk the most.
Ugh these articles really annoy me! I've seen so many of them (and books as well), ones that even say "How to go from being an introvert to an extrovert" further projecting this ridiculous extrovert ideal and seeming to dismiss individuality! Like extroverts are perfect as well!
Totally. I get tired of this idea that introverts are just scared people who wish they could be more out going. I love my extrovert friends but I do get tired of hearing things like, "come on,, it'll be fun" or "come on it'll be okay". There's nothing "wrong" with introverts. I'm perfectly happy being an introvert.
I don't recall an extroverted meditation, maybe you could make one up. Breath... scream...breath...scream...
Yes, yes, yes!!! I can talk the hind leg off a donkey to people I know, yet some people never hear me speak
Yep...introverts only talk when comfortable and boy can we talk about a common interest.
Load More Replies..."The right person" tends to be whoever I'm sitting next to after about the third pint.
It can also be how we communicate. I'm the sort of person who barely opens his mouth, yet I have chatted via text in online forums back and forth with the same person for hours. I find I can organise my thoughts much better when typing than when speaking
For me, it has to be the right person, the right topic, and I have to be in a somewhat good mood :/
Yes! I hate this stereotype that introverts are all shy, awkward, socially inept overthinkers. I have problem communicating with people, it can be fun, but I just get tired quite fast and need rest.
If an introvert is a creative type, then they probably know a ton about a narrow range of their interests. You just need to also be interested in that subject to get them to talk.
Nothing will get an introvert to talk except themselves deciding on it. And trying to find the right topic to hope they open up could very well backfire on you and they will assume you are pushy, or oddly obsessive.
Load More Replies...Under the right circumstances, watching and waiting can be more intimidating than talking and engaging.
Some introverted people take part in parties or large gatherings nevertheless. However, they might take some time to recharge their social battery after. They often need alone time to unwind, escape the stimulating environment, and process recent events. Not doing so can lead to feeling overwhelmed or irritated.
Peep my head out my front door to see if my neighbors are outside. I have closer relationships with the opossums and raccoons that visit at night.
Hahhaa this is accurate. I avoided a grocery store for 2 years because a girl who worked there always wanted to talk to me.
I'm an xtrovert but do have introvert tendacies after reading posts on here. I like interacting in the morning choosing who I talk too. The complex where I live I do avoid certain people. Love my own company in my chair in the afternoons.
Load More Replies...We have enormous capacity to find ways to keep ourselves entertained that don't need to involve other people
I legitimately don't understand the concept of boredom. How can you possibly be bored with so many things to do? Read a book. Play a video game. Practice a musical instrument. Write someone a letter. Bake some cookies. How on Earth do you not have a huge list of things with which to occupy your time?
Load More Replies...Arrgh! That is one of my pet peeves. Come November the company will ask you to put in your notice for NEXT years vacation. How on EARTH do I know what I want then. As it was I had to put in, so I chose two weeks in April, two weeks in September and the rest as required. That is set in stone and NOW I want to take 3 weeks vacation in September...
that’s why what a good inviter should do is invite you with plenty of notice, and let you decide day of
The perfect time span during which to ask usually lasts exactly one second.
At my advanced age, the best thing about making plans is cancelling them.
It is estimated that around 25% to 40% of the population are introverts. Even though each person is different, those sharing the same personality type might face similar problems. For introverts, they often include feeling the need to recharge the aforementioned social battery, finding the right environment or people for socializing, or even making a phone call.
Sometimes this is an accessibility issue rather than preference. I.e someone might say that its because there's a language barrier or because they're hard of hearing and then the company can provide other options for them (like language interpreters or video calls with an ASL / BSL interpreters)
Load More Replies...I had been telling people sorry, I know it's weird and Idk what's wrong w me..only to find out there's a whole lot of us out there.
It looks like a UK Gov website to me, so I’m not sure they’d like that! But I’d be interested if anyone else thinks it’s something else.
Load More Replies...I feel like I'm the only introvert who prefer call over messages. Usually a much faster way to sort anything out.
No, me too. And there's always the chance the person you phone may be an introvert as well. Short and to the point conversation!
Load More Replies...I usually tell people I have a speech impediment that makes it difficult to talk on the phone. The impediment is that I don't like talking on the phone.
I actually do have a speech impairment. And yet they still ring me. Even (and especially) government reps, which is whose website this particular screenshot is from. There is actually a system in place, but they refuse to use it. Yay Equality Act (British ADA)
Load More Replies...I bet that, if you choose "contacted by telephone call", they won't ask you why...
i do in fact fear talking to people but i still want to but im too tired so i just go like ehhhhh
I’m both shy and selective, and with relative isolation, it’s down to people whom I encounter on the street or in the supermarket. That’s a somewhat narrower perspective than I’d like.
Yep, or worse you get told you are boring or repetitive or digress too much or whatever, then you realise you are surrounded by narcissists and it's not worth bothering.
This!!! I'm pretty sure this is why I have a tendency to talk fast and with a mild stutter.
-Says something weird and will agonize over it every chance I get for years to come.
That is exactly why I hate being around my loud in-laws!!! They interrupt mid sentence or just look away and start another conversation with someone else when I wasn’t even done talking. It’s like they all have ADD and I’m too slow for them.
My in-laws do this too. I'm mostly looking for short answers. I stopped wasting energy on building a real relationship with them.
Load More Replies...THIS. MOOD. I hate it when this happens. Also, when people keep talking without giving you a chance to respond, or when you're "backed into" just giving a one-word answer.
Are you old? Because that is exactly what happens to old folks, being old I know. Being underestimated is infuriating!🤪
I hate work parties. One group of people talks constantly and make it very difficult to be heard and the other group are my subordinates and I worry they don't want to interrupt me because I'm their boss and I'm older. I'm told that I'm interesting to talk to, i don't know about that. I usually wander away after a while and clean up after people. Everyone appreciates the person who cleans up.
Small talk can work as kryptonite for introverted people as well. Understandably so—when the percentage of your battery is getting low, the last thing you want to do is waste it talking about the weather. Introverts tend to dread it because it doesn’t lead to actually getting to know the person and seeing if there’s a way to form a deeper connection. Instead, they are draining themselves out discussing frivolous things.
Even when that appointment is a 10 minute phone appointment, a whole week's worth of energy has been expended.
Load More Replies...lets say today is friday, and i have plans on tuesday, my whole weekend, plus monday, is ruined.
And the rest of the week is a time off for having had to go through it.
Load More Replies...I’m like, “I have appointments both Tuesday and Friday that week, so I’m fully booked and actually thinking of cancelling one of them because it might be a bit too much.”
In ADHD circles this is called "Waiting mode", a form of executive dysfunction.
I used to actually have a lot of appointments for the dentist every weekend so it was my go to excuse for everything
I don't hate that. That's my excuse... I mean reason, for not being able to do anything else all day. Nor for two days beforehand either.
Nothing wrong with that, it's called "save your energy for the important things". I always plan either doing everything outside my comfortzone in one day so I'm done with it, or I'll just plan the one thing and for the rest just nothing that costs me my energy.
I can only do one big thing a day. I can go to the drugstore or I can go to the grocery. I can go to the doctor, but not physical therapy on the same day.
I answer the text in my head so I know what to type but close the message as I don't have the time that second. I then am convinced that I did respond to the text and start to get internally miffed that they haven't come back to me yet 😖
I do the same thing except I don't get mad they haven't replied.
Load More Replies...Oh my god yes! And the longer you leave it to reply the harder it gets to reply 😧
I am doing this right now! With a text from today! I'm sorry Ryan, sometimes I'm just not in the right mind to communicate outside of BP comments.
Welp, I am one of those introvert who are actively chat with strangers via online but when my friends chat me... I would reply them after few hours.. xD
I type out the reply, then don't send it. I wait until I feel ready. I re-read my reply and usually delete it and reply with 👍, or 🤷
Just give the normal excuse: my mom must have read the message and not told me, so I missed it
Nope, if it's a true friend I'll reply that same day... If I don't, well, I guess the friendship is not as deep than.
Everyone knows that my reply time it's 6 to 10 hours, so 🤷
no, i pretend its homework. i do it immediately so i dont have to worry about it later
This. This is why I don't sleep sometimes. The silence is so pure, so deep and clear. I'm finally at peace.
Totally agree. Before my job now, I used to stay up all night and I was so happy. I knew nothing could be done, no one would call, it was the only time I was guaranteed peace. And that's the thing. We just want a guarantee of not being bothered. Crazy neighbors, work calling, telemarketers... 2am or 3am no one is going to bother and there's this relief that comes from that peace of not always being tense and prepared to have to talk to someone or get fully dressed (and people don't talk about this one enough. I don't feel comfortable not having a bra on when being around people. So someone just showing up at my house is unacceptable to me and causes me a lot of stress having to get clothes on before letting them in. My landlord does this sometimes). I have to be up at 6am now, so I have to force myself to go to bed but I often wake up in the middle of the night and just enjoy the peace. It's worth the tiredness the next day.
Load More Replies...This! My wife gets up around 4am and has her quiet time at the beginning of the day, while the dogs and I are still in bed, before the teenager wakes up. She goes to bed at 10, teenager at midnight and I usually stay up until 2-3 am... just me and the animals and it's awesome. On the rare occasion, I'll wake up early or she'll stay up late and we're both apologizing to the other for intruding on their quiet time. We're kindred spirits. <3
According to the lecturer and the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan Cain, introverts have to deal with a certain social bias. In her TED talk, she pointed out that a lot of significant institutions, such as schools or workplaces, are mostly designed for extraverts. These places are highly stimulating and often require working in teams, which might be the less productive option for introverted individuals.
It's the worst when it happens during an event...you just gotta find the quickest escape.
While being "educated" I bitterly despised group projects. They are anathema.
When I was a contractor, the contract firm had an annual party that we were really expected to go to. I usually ended up taking the next day off because the evening of forced social interaction left me exhausted
I need my soul mate to psychic-ly find me so we can sit in the same room together saying nothing and doing our own thing.
So glad I met my soulmate 25+yrs ago..I'd prob just be single otherwise.
I'm so introverted that if my soulmate came along, I would make sure it didn't see me.
How would you recognize them as your soulmate in the first place?
Load More Replies...Minutes after I had met a friend's mother, she said to me condescendingly in front of a group of people "Well, you're rather quiet." I replied, "I know. It keeps me from making personal remarks at short acquaintance."
When I used to be skinny I’d hear it all the time “wow you’re really skinny” and I’d be like “ya and you’re kinda fat” and they’d always get offended but wouldn’t realize it was offending me to comment on my body type too.
I always respond with, "If I have something important to say, I'll say it."
Same here A few times I've shared some non important things just to shake things up a bit
Load More Replies...Ugh story of my life. "What's wrong?" "Nothing why?" "You're being so quiet!"
I miss Hugh Jackman's Logan. Is it wrong to think that I want to live with bears and dogs instead of human beings? I always envied his life choice. Away from anything and everything. And was so mad because the director didn't let Logan "get rid off" those truckers who poisoned the bear for fun in the Wolverine movie.
Another response, "Because I can't get a word in edgewise." I've never said it but it's often very apropos.
stonehenge is a clock. could you imagine is stonehenge bonged, clicked and made other stupid noises? no. me neither. shut up.
In her talk, Susan Cain also emphasized that the way to maximize people’s talents is to put them in the right zone of social stimulation. According to her, introverts feel best at quieter, low-key environments, which allow them to reach their full potential, while extraverts need way more stimulation.
A much better tip: please don't just show up at people's houses, like Sitcom style. It's awful.
Yes! I've never understood this. like, the only times people come to our house without calling first is when a neighbor has an emergency or something, and that's super rare.
Load More Replies...This is from Viz, a British satirical and toilet humour adult comic. There is a section called 'Top Tips' which gives ridiculous life tips in the style of women's magazines. Viz is a work of total genius - I implore you to read the Wikipedia entry for Viz, it's absolutely insane.
Ranks up there with the "I can't talk long my phone is about to die" excuse for phone calls 😁
If its summertime or you live in a warm climate, grab your keys, purse or wallet instead.
Or you could just act like nobody is home and not answer the door...
I don’t answer my door. No one is allowed to come over it’s my space of peace. I’ll meet you at your house that way I can leave when I’m ready and I don’t have to make you feel bad when I kick you out of my house.
I do this. I wait until 2:15ish so I can eat my lunch in peace, or I go to my car
I really hate that people think I'm antisocial because I don't like to participate in non-work activities at the office. Just because I don't want to sit in a conference room and eat crappy catered food off a paper plate while making forced conversation with people I don't like doesn't mean I'm not a "team player". I'm good at my job - that's all that should matter!
Yes!! And while we're at it, how about the employer providing enough space to enable eating your lunch in peace and alone? I mean, I'm not talking a single small room for everyone, but we have just one room (not big either), and eating lunch there between 12 and 1 PM is a nightmare :( (I only don't eat anywhere else because either a) greater chance of getting disturbed, or b) don't want the smell of my food to linger in office room (we cannot open the windows ourselves.)
I used to leave work and drive to a nearby park or if the weather wasn't nice, a cafe, just to have 50 minutes peace from work politics and b!tch!ng
We had a separate tiny break room for smokers and I happily used it because nobody else in my section smoked so us antisocial smokers who worked in different areas and didn't know each other could read and puff in peace. Or I'd go to my car in the underground parkade if I really really needed no people for a bit. (Don't get on my case, I've been smoke free for many years. 👍)
In most workplaces, if you don't sit at the same table with 10+ co-workers, you're already labeled as anti-social, but it'll always be the elephant in the room. I prefer to sit with them, quietly eat my lunch in 15 min, and disappear for 45 min. This gives them the chance to ask me why am I always so quiet, to which I respond "I'm anti-social". Oh, the looks...
On the same token, don't force people to participate in some r******d work place "team building exercise." Like that shabooya nonsense.
I handed my resignation in due to a mandatory team building event but they said they'd tell everyone I was sick. F*** that
Load More Replies...The blue sliver shows that you learn juuust enough about someone to know you never want to work with them again. If it were any bigger, that means you would consider working with them again.
Load More Replies...I just see if I can work on my own, if not I’m just awkwardly gonna be like, I don’t have a team… to the teacher cos I’m a child and in school, and I’m not only introverted but friendless in my class, tho I have a few friends a couple years above me or in diff schools.
They forgot to include the BEST lesson to learn. The deep satisfaction that comes with abandoning your group to finish the last part of the project on their own. I was a senior and even if I got a zero, it would not have impacted me, unlike the two juniors on my "team" that contributed nothing for the other three parts.
Susan Krauss Whitbourne, a professor emerita of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, pointed out some situations that might help you determine whether you’re an introvert or not. Some include being the last one in the group to express your opinion, avoiding small talk, and using headphones to isolate yourself from the rest of the world.
Same here, when she was alive. And she never once disagreed with me
Load More Replies...Tell me you do not have pets without telling me you do not have pets.....
Hahaha this is true, I talk out loud all the time. Thankfully, technology has made it easier to do so so that if someone hears me or sees me they just assume I have a bluetooth in or I'm on speaker. Especially in my car. I have full on convos in my car. I no longer look crazy- thank you modern technology.
i make weird noises a lot and whisper "fucke" to myself when i stub my toe or think about people dying
LOL! Someone said this to me and I was like "what???". I talk to myself constantly. While I work especially. I sing a lot too. And of course I talk to the cat. :)
Always told my (now ex) husband, if I ask you a weird or specific question, I already know, I'm just giving you an opportunity to tell me the truth.
This is one of the many services that we offer, but only to an extremely select group of people. And by extremely select, I mean if we like you, or you have a warrant!
Load More Replies...I disagree with this one. I’m the extrovert, boyfriend is the introvert. He is consistently not picking up on things where on the other hand I can sense a switch in his energy pretty much instantly… and in others.
i was wearing a shirt and a girl i sometimes talk to but not really friends with comes up to me and says, i have that same shirt. I said i know. when she said how i said you wore it to the covid testing on the first day of senior school. That was a few years ago. INTROVERTS DON'T FORGET
Hubby has always referred to my intuition and "knowing" as my powers.
When I noticed them lying, I won't confront them about it cause it's not my problem. And I would run away after that cause the mood got weird and uncomfortable. It'll get even more uncomfortable if I confront them, cause I'll have to deal with them breaking down in front of me
Wait... y'all have TWO people? Gah, you sure you're not an extrovert?
Two? Seriously? Who on Earth is comfortable around that many different people?
My son and his wife are both what I call severe introverts. Like it I'm visiting, and we order pizza, theyll pay all the time, as long as I call it in ( allergies) and open the door and tip the person. On my long visit last summer, one door dash driver started calling me ,"mom".
Haha around those two people, and at music festivals where I don't know anyone at all except the two people I went with. The two exceptions 😂
In Psychology Today, Dr. Susan Krauss Whitbourne also described some advantages of being an introvert. People with this personality type rarely let something unexpected slip in social situations. In addition to that, they don’t feel bored being on their own, and they don’t rush to interrupt people, which can make them excellent listeners.
Pro tip: Say, "I'm sorry, the voices in my head are really loud today. What did you say?"
My counselor highly suggests I try more fun things and the more "fun" things I try, the more I really just enjoy being at home with a book, the tv, and my cat.
That's your fun things! and judging from all the posters, it's fun for a lot of people here too!
Load More Replies...The problem with this though is that it makes it hard to meet people if you aren't social. I'm a bit introverted but I would like to meet people but I'm just not willing to go to bars or clubs. You end up having to do online dating which is horrible a lot of the time. I just wish there were more places in person to meet people even just to make friends. I moved a couple of years ago and I don't have any friends here. Going by myself somewhere is really awkward. I want to organize a introvert meetup of something fun, like everyone has a family style dinner at a restaurant on a long table, and that way everyone can talk to each other and then for dessert everyone can break off into smaller groups if they want. Or maybe a similar thing for a game night. We could have multiple board games set up and you can sign up based on if you're looking to meet friends or for a relationship. I don't know, just something fun with a group instead of one-on-one which is way worse for my anxiety.
Sounds nice but there is a little problem with that; I'd have to leave my comfort zone for it and it doesn't seem viable for me.
Load More Replies...My fun is embroidering alone with LOTR playing, no matter how many time I've seen it.
Fortnite, three big boxes of cheezits and a whole bunch of Irish Blend Monster Java.
I have never gone out drinking or partying or socialising. I am blissfully happy with my own company and am never happier than when crafting with an audio book and the cats and chatting away to myself! This is absolute bliss ❤️
Extroverts do this too. I am an extrovert and I am extremely observant and I am always v doing all of the above.
Load More Replies...Nah I'm just zoning out and having mild to moderate hallucinations (I don't know what's wrong with me)
We can also be social and still be introverts. I'm not shy at all. I just have a limited amount of battery when it comes to interacting with other people. Once it's drained I'm done and NEED to be alone. Technically I'm an ambivert, but that really just means a "social introvert". :)
I sometimes found myself watching over people and judging what kind of person they're. I thought I'm the bad person because I judged then without talking to them first. 😐
Personally, yes, I like how he thinks introverted people function, but a part of me thinks it's also very general... because I know a number of narcicist who work exactly the same as ths person says an introverted person is, because that's how they find their victims.
Even though people usually suggest the two options when it comes to personality types, there is actually a third one—the middle ground between introvert and extravert. People who feature traits from both sides are known as ambiverts, and are believed to make up as much as 68% of the population.
Why don't introverts be honest and just say..l'm not coming.
Load More Replies...Why don’t people just say they’re not coming? Lying to someone about “I’ll try to come to your event that you’ve asked me to because you genuinely like me” and then letting them down is incredibly rude and unkind. Just be polite and say no thank you.
I relate to that. Learning how to just be honest without hurting people’s feelings.
I’m more of an omnivert, and I’ll happily hand out with ppl at most chances just cos I have no friends, but I will lie if I don’t feel like it.
Best thing about the pandemic was having the ultimate excuse not to see anyone..
My family just accept that I'm agoraphobic and don't bug me. I'm not really. I just can't deal with people most of the time. Being in my front garden weeding means somebody will speak to me and I don't want a conversation. I just smile and shrug and point to my ears.
"I already know an awful lot of people, and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else.". -- Audrey Hepburn in Charade.
These pictures allow everyone to catch a glimpse of what hoops introverts have to jump through in their daily lives. Their source, the Facebook page 'Introvert Problems', created back in 2016, currently has over 3,500 likes and 3,600 people following it. The numbers show that their content is undoubtedly relatable to lots of people out there.
anybody get the nervous shakes as well? man first week of a new job always sucks.
I can spent 20 minutes trying to do something with someone standing over my shoulder or I can sped 30 seconds doing it in solitude and have it done perfectly.
Perfect example of me. I managed to fail so many stupid things because of the damm watchers.
Load More Replies...It’s why I hate hate hate a micromanager. While you’re training me, OK. Stick around, because I might have a question. Once I know what I am doing, then leave me tf alone! Breathing down my neck all damned day won’t improve my work. In fact, it will make it worse, so you’ll only be f*****g yourself by reducing the productivity of your department, as YOU will be the one that upper management chews a new a*****e for, not me. So here’s how it needs to happen: You place the pile of work to do on one on side of my desk, then leave for 8 hours. CLOSE MY DOOR ON YOUR WAY OUT, PLEASE. Don’t call me. I will let it go to voicemail and email you my reply anyway—-but don’t overload my inbox either. If you do, then don’t expect me to reply within 10 minutes, because you’re dreaming. Ain’t gonna happen. Don’t give me a list of 100 numbers to call—-cold call, even though I am NOT in Sales. DON’T BOTHER ME UNLESS IT’S AN EMERGENCY (yes, I really would like to be told if the building is on fire or something like that). If you just leave me be, then when you come back at closing time, the entire pile will be on the other side of my desk, complete and correct—-and believe me, I can get through a TALL pile of work if you leave me alone—-because I was able to concentrate on it without constant stupid and unnecessary interruptions! F*****g hate it when management bitches about productivity, yet constantly interrupts you with b******t, and make up other b******t requirements that eat up all the “head down” time people need to concentrate and get their work done, completely AND correctly.
I do that when I'm walking, my school has glass walls for the classrooms, and whenever I walk to the bathroom or office or whatever, I think people are looking at me, then I'm like 'oh, am I walking wierd, I bet I am' then it feels all clunky, and I'm worried I look like Frankenstein' Monster, but paler
I had a friend group that regularly indulged in tech/ geek speek i didn't follow very well and i was frequently in my head so they didn't think I was paying attention. We had recently watched Matrix in the theater. I knocked them off their seat by pulling out a perfectly appropriate to the topic "there is no spoon".
I could look at that all day... I can look out my bedroom window at nothing for literally hours
ohmigod me too all I need is music and I'm good to go for yonkadoodles
Load More Replies...My dad (also an introvert) used to sit in silence in the lounge room and just think. I find myself doing the same thing
Yup. Did my semi-yearly night out with friends tonight. That should hold me for another 6 months or so. :)
About the same view here, only less green during the summers ;)
Time to reflect and see what I can do next time to make this situation not happen again.
Even worse than "Let's go around and say our names" is "Let's go around the room and say our names and 3 things about us." I hate extremely extroverted teachers.
Load More Replies..."and say a fact about yourself" like what the f**k do you want me to say i am the most boring person ever *proceeds to mentally freak out*
I am a middle aged woman who still blushes and this is my nightmare situation. I never do this with my students it's just the most butt clenching awful embarrassing thing in the world.
I was through a jury duty scenario where the lawyers interview everyone in front of everyone else. The sweaty palms, acid indigestion, and brain block leading up to my turn was torture. I got lucky in that they had chosen the entire jury two people before it was my turn.
Plz I can f**k up at least twice trying to say Hi my name is _____. You know how embarrassing that is?
And then you miss everything everyone else says because you're too busy rehearsing what you're going to say when it's your turn...
I'm NOT an introvert and I hate this. I don't have a problem talking to people, I have a problem with how not-interesting my life is.
Lets go round the room and everyone tell us something interesting about yourself.....erm, I have two legs!
Feel free to contact me by email, text, Teams chat, paper airplane, telepathy, or smoke signals. Anything but calling.
Load More Replies...Oh, man, just reading that is soothing, especially working in call centers. I tell people I hope not to talk to them again, and no one has taken offense. Once they figure it out, they laugh.
Here's my phone number in case of emergency. I don't answer it so don't have an emergency.
But if you do, don't call. Text me. Or call because you know my phone is otherwise on silent and hang up after letting it ring twice to let me know it's urgent, then text the details.
I have years of school reports saying I talked too much to my friends instead of working, nobody believes me because I don't say boo to a goose if I don't really know you.
TIL I’m an introvert. It explains so much. And the fact I can still be loud in my element and talkative around my two friends and My family and still be introvert, explains so so so so so so much
There were times when I was so quiet, I had to be on drugs to really open up.
Yes this is me I just don't want to see anymore people for like 2 months afterwords
Verrry rookie numbers. But I probably wouldn't have said that out loud, just in my head
For an introvert, Covid lockdowns were a walk in the park.
yeah, the global lockdown was nothing for me, the only time i go out is for essentials anyway!
My ex is an extreme extrovert. When the first lockdown hit, and we were stuck inside for like 2 months, he was climbing the walls after 2 days, but I was just chillin 🤣 he then asked me "how can you be so okay with this! Don't you miss going outside?" And I was like "why? So I can sit in a bar and watch you make jokes and drink beer, and think about how I could be spending this time progressing further into my Spyro game?" He looked at me as if I had grown 3 heads that were created by Picasso himself. I just continued playing Spyro.
I thought it's weird why people think covid quarantine is the worst when I'm just at home enjoying life
Me going out = going to the mailbox and going right back in, even hoping no car will drive by.
I was just thing I see a lot of his stuff and the deadpan expression in that photo is memorable
Load More Replies...So true. A neighbour of mine once tried to hit on me by asking if he could use my iron and ironing board. So of course I said yes and even offered him a coffee. It was many days later when I finally realised he *could* have asked other people much closer if it had been a *real* problem. He was drop dead gorgeous, but I missed the golden opportunity because I take everything at face value and couldn't get the hint! Still kicking myself to this day!
Xavier, my name is Danny. You didn't know until right this moment, but we're bff's.
Sending signals in the hope that others understand them is so hopeless because extrovert, introvert... it doesn't make a damn bit of difference. If you want something, say it exactly how you would like it... Just imagine you're h*rny and telling your SO "you're hungry".... they'll fix you something to eat instead of fecking your lights out ;) Just saying, if you want something, make it clear what you want, that's the way to not be misunderstood, even though it doesn't always get you what you want.
Isn’t that a bit like telling people you ‘might‘ come to their important gathering when you have no intention of going?
I may be wrong but I think he means mixed signals = people who speak with you but the real message you have to read between the lines, or the meaning is other then what they're saying or even sarcasm.
Load More Replies...Or you do that "wow that's crazy" response to everything and you tuned out like 5 minutes ago.
Am i the only person here who listens to them but don't give a sh*t unless we talk about my payment
Load More Replies...This is my favorite thing especially if they are trying to argue with you. Takes the wind right out of their sails.
Ugh, I had to do this with someone just last night. Although it took her a long time to stop talking about how everyone does everything wrong except her. :-(
never once done that, my pride won't let me, I'll tell you to shut up to your face or walk away
I’m guilty of this myself. I’m married to an extrovert. He has to understand that I give him 100% of my affection and 50% of my attention (in other words, filtered for the genuinely important stuff).
They call it an exciting idea. I call it a frightening one. Maybe that would work for a family or friend group. It's a gigantic nope for me.
I'm pretty sure it's also dangerous in some way if accident happens
Load More Replies...Seriously crate me and put me with the pets in the hold I'd feel better.
yay if the plane crashes you go flying head first into the person opposite you. wonderful.
Absofrikinlutely. Why should I sound shaky and stupid on the phone when I can spend 10 minutes composing a decent email?
My best responses materialize in my brain in the middle of the night three weeks later.
Load More Replies...Man how I wish more people would get this msg. That some of us face extreme anxiety when talking on the phone and whether they understand or not it IS a thing. I'm not fond of texting all the time either.
It also allows us to choose when to reply, if at all. Face to face or on the phone, or worse, on Zoom, we’re forced to reply when the other person is done talking. If the other person is not in your tiny comfortable circle of trusted friends, it is f*****g exhausting.
I prefer email. It gives you even more time because nobody can see when you read the email.
It's not so much that I need the time to think about WHAT I want to say so much as I need the time to think about HOW my thoughts are supposed to be said.
If the choice exists, ALWAYS text. Also, if you text and I reply, that is absolutely NOT EVER an indication that you should call. Just keep texting...just keep texting, texting, texting... What do we do...we TEXT.
After an argument with my introverted boyfriend he told me he preferred when we argued over text because he had time to think and delete any angry words. I'm extroverted, but it's a fantastic idea. We agreed that once we start arguing, we take out our phones and argue via text
Yes. If I'm having a text/DM conversation, it takes a lot of the pressure off: I don't have to say something immediately just to let the other person know that I'm still on the line, and if I can't remember whether I already something I meant to, I can check. I can also do it on public transport without feeling awkward about strangers overhearing me.
Hate it. If I'm actually calling someone, it's because I need to communicate with them *in that manner*. I've already worked myself up to be able to call. If they don't answer, that means I have to do it again! NO!!!
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Load More Replies...I try to only call people I know don't clear their voicemails
Load More Replies...Lol, I don't usually find myself in that situation..I don't call in the first place.
but what if they call you back..u wont know when..the stress of constantly expecting that return-call.
Hehehehe…laughing over here because I totally, absolutely relate to that!😂
Well, they were in an ice cream shop. (But I hear ya.)
Load More Replies...Sometimes you need the extrovert to help with these things. Wrong order...I don't want to trouble the cook. Lol
Why I love eating with my stepsister. She likes to tell the server that’s not how I ordered my potatoes.
Not true. I am hermit level introverted, but have zero trouble speaking up for others.
My husband and I take turns between being MJ or Peter here. I'm either the "peppery" (as he puts it 😂) one letting someone know we need something, or I have to ask him to do it. We're both introverts, it's fun!
BS. A true introvert wouldn't request no pickles in the first place.
Got it. Except *this* introvert LOVES the pickles! Imagine how many more I *could* have if I just asked other people ...
Who are these mythical extrovert caretakers of the introvert? My ex extrovert just judged and ridiculed me for not being as social as he is.
I went out of town nearly three weeks ago for a weekend and STILL feel like I'm recovering.
Other than work i only do outings once a month. That's enough for me.
Sometimes I have doctors appointments three days in a row and I want to die
My elementary aged daughter is an ambivert. We have a one day on, one day off schedule. We also homeschool so she isn't subjected to "kid prison" as she described when she was in 1st grade. She requires an IEP and accomodations, "kid prison" was pretty accurate for her.
Like acquiring vacation time. I must spend 1 week alone for 3 hours of social time. The only difference is I don't look forward to social time.
...and I may need to call out of work the next day to make up the time I lost to myself being with other people.
I'm in my school musical this year, which means long rehearsals almost daily. The things I do outside of rehearsal and school has been reduced to 0
Oh man I did this to someone on my birthday. Invited a few friends out for dinner/drinks and sleepover. A few days before this person tells me they got tickets for an art show the next day and I was freaking out internally at having to spend two days socializing instead of one. Even started thinking up excuses to cancel the whole birthday plan before telling them honestly I didn’t feel up to going out two days in a row. They still came to the sleepover and went to the show with someone else so all’s well, but I still feel like a jerk.
Yes! so many of my colleagues (very kindly) offer me a lift home but those 20 minutes with my music blaring and not having to speak to anyone prepares me for going home and having to socialise again.
I recently started working from home. I was asked what I missed about working at the job site. I replied "Playing my music on the commute." I think I was supposed to say the people. But the people are why I wanted to work from home.
Load More Replies...I retired from 20 years teaching 4 year ago. I am STILL decompressing.
Same! I was an Assistant Manager at a retail store. It's been that long and I'm just starting to not jump when the phone rings!
Load More Replies...I feel so bad about this. My parents are in their 70s and I know I'll miss them when they're gone and I wish I could just force myself to go visit them more. But I already work a job where my introvert/anxiety is pushed to the limit (call center- which is literally the worst possible job for me but it's all I could find at the time). I keep trying to get them to do video calls with me so we can feel like we saw each other without having to get dressed and drive there. I know I'm in the wrong- I should really push myself to do it. But it's just too hard for me. I just need to not talk to people those 2 days to prepare myself to do it again the next week. I try to go once every 2 months but I wish I could do more.
I actually enjoyed call-centre work: opportunity to talk to people without any expectation of having to follow up /build a relay3.
Load More Replies...I used to get judged so hard for not wanting to go for drinks with co-workers after work. I woke up at 5am, left the house at 6am, got to work at 7:15, spent ALL day with people I don't even like, then I have another hour and 15 minute drive home so I'm not getting in the door until almost 6pm. From when I walk in the door until I have to go to bed to do it all over again, I have 3 hours in which I have to make dinner, catch up with my husband and find a little time to unwind. I want to spend none of that precious free time hanging out socially with my co-workers. Why anyone would want to do that is baffling. Maybe if the day was 30 hours long and not 24, but as it stands, no. Plus you can't drink and drive, so what am I going to do at a bar? Drink a soda and wish I was home instead? Yep.
Ugh. It's exhausting. And then I need to interact with my husband and children. I get grumpy :-(
Oh my god this! When I still lived at home, I'd come home from work and my dad would talk and talk and I'd so drained and it nearly killed me to hold up a social attitude so he wouldn't think I was being a jerk and just ignoring him. Eventually I bought a key fob the when clicked calls your phone so that when I needed to get away, I'd have an excuse
24 years of customer service, 2 years of absolute solitude, I’m STILL decompressing
"ur so quiet" thanks i would be more fun but i dont have any energy cause i had caffeine last wednesday
Yeah, they actually do. They're wonderful.
Load More Replies...I’m not this extreme. I don’t ghost then reappear months later. I tell the only people who need to know what I’m doing, so they don’t worry themselves sick. I also tell them not to call me, but that I will check in with them periodically, and let them know when I decide to come back.
Absolutely love it when people cancel on me. It just takes so much pressure off me.
i hate when people cancel on me even tho i probably was gonna get tired after an hour anyway
If it’s the something I actually wanted to go to and you cancel on me, it’s fine. I will be perfectly fine going by myself (which is probably what I wanted to do all along, but was being polite in going with you).
This is what i pretty much do. I make plans, and then it's the day of the plan, then i regret making them and wait for the aforementioned time to pass and them not calling. I won't call anyone so that they're reminded. I just wait for the time to be over and getting no calls. If i get a call then ik im fricked and if not, perfect!!
I wish they would 😆 But no just because i am so nice everytime when we se each other
"IT'S JELLY, JUST BUY IT!" ...written on a post it note, hand to them quickly and run away
Load More Replies...Plot twist: this guy is the same and is waiting for you to move to get the stuff he needs.
I don’t understand these “Kill time in a store until someone moves.” I barge right in and grab my s—t because i need to get home where there are no people and it’s QUIET.
Why do they ALWAYS park themselves in front of exactly the thing I need, then practically put down roots chatting to each other for-f*****g-ever?
And then that person lingers in that spot so long that your mind starts wondering like... do they live there... is that spot just... where they live? MOOOOVE!
That is when I head to the nearest bathroom stall and....just sit there. It does not take a heap of alone time to recharge me, but the alone recharge time is NON-negotiable! As long as I can have my little breaks, I can usually make it though lol
It takes me 5 minutes to regret agreeing to come to a party
Either find the host’s dog to sit on the back step with, or just, you know, leave.
When you reach the point you've had enough, that's the moment you go home, maybe say bye to the host and thank them for a lovely time, but than really, go and find your good place.
Me every day after work…but family is there so…run like this until bedtime and then I get a window of ‘me time’
So many times I've been out and enjoying myself, then suddenly I can't cope any more and I have to get out
Even worse when they ask about neighbours, their names, their kids etc. I just live here, i don't keep track of everyone else in the street. I hardly keep track of myself most of the time.
I don't even know how my neighbors look like. If they're not in their gardens and i meet them like in a grocery store I'm not able to recognize them
Load More Replies...I've lived in the same tiny city my whole life, so I could tell you lots of juicy gossip, but my directions are usually something like "turn left at the painted flowers. Go straight until you get to the house that always has crazy decorations for every holiday. Follow the road that is named after some random flower until you get to the toilet mannequin. Turn at the apartments. No, not those apartments, the ones that got painted last month!"
Especially if it's a driver seeking directions to get somewhere by car: I don't drive, so I might know how to walk somewhere, and if you're lucky, with a bit of mental effort I might even be able to explain that in words that make at least some sort of sense, but pedestrian directions don't always work for cars and I probably haven't even noticed things like one-way streets.
Last time someone did that I said “oh I’m no good with directions, let me check Google Maps… oh please don’t come closer, my moms at high risk of Covid and I can’t be to vigilant!” (Second part was true but also keeps people six feet away) then the lady was like “Oh! I could use google maps! Thanks!”
It gets annoying tbf where I work. People ask for directions, like I don't know just cos I work here doesn't mean I frickin live here
Weirdly, nobody *ever* asks me that when I am in my home town. Perhaps my 'go away or I will find a way to kill you' vibe puts them off. However, whenever I am a tourist, lots of people ask me for directions! Often I can even tell them, because I don't visit unfamiliar places.
I can't imagine that. I've lived where I am now for a little over a quarter of my life, and it's the longest I've ever lived anywhere. When people ask me where I'm from I have no simple answer. If they ask me if I'm homesick that's easier - no, I have no home except where I am.
Yes, this is a single occupancy zone. Please leave. For double occupancy please see our policy on friendship tiers....you need at least a level 10 to have access.
I don't hate people per se, I just can't stand stupid people. And in social settings, the quality of the interaction tends to drop to the level of the stupidest person in the group
"I'm a team player" hahaha as long as it's a team of one, or I'm by myself, or it is also cool if everyone else slacks off and lets me do everything. The work gets done and no one else's stupid opinion has to mess up the project.
I was stupid in interviews. I was like super honest and in most, I never got a job offer
A friend once told me that I do this...I would change the way I interact based on the person I'm talking too...I was like whaaaat lol
My favourite response (with apologies that it's an image) aaaaaaaaaa...eba2c6.jpg
It doesn't bother me. I just answer with more silence. maybe a shrug if I feel aloof.
My husband and I are both introverts and we'll keep each other entertained for DAYS. What is this socializing y'all speak of, I have my best friend right here!
Load More Replies...My husband and I are ridiculous and I find I'm the straight man more often than not in the comedy routine that is our life (and when it flips it's even funnier). Tbf though I'm just as silly as him in my own way. People don't know how to deal with us, probably lol.
I got a concussion around the same time as lockdown, so I don't know which one completely altered my personality, but I don't tend to do much of the latter, anymore. Knock on wood.
I really appreciate when people do this. It's like hey we haven't seen each other in years, lets continue to do that, cool? cool.
I've been trying this with the new neighbors. I can't tell if I'm being rude or not. I talk to their dog, though.
It’s so comforting to stay home in this weather drinking something warm and eating pakoras while reading a book
My best friend is an introvert like me and we sit sometimes in silence having tea while i read and she knits. Some of the best days I've ever had.
Load More Replies...YES!! Why am I in the high desert?!?! I feel so exposed as soon as I leave the house.
I love it when it's cloudy at a specific time of day, because of how dark it is without it quite being nighttime levels of dark yet. I remember when it would be like that on school day mornings when I was a kid. I hope people are understanding what I'm talking about, because I don't know how else to describe it.
no because that is my safe space, there is something so comfortable and soothing about environments like that like I could cry I love it so much
......Get out of my lighthouse lol. Really is too bad it's not much of a thing anymore.
Load More Replies...But sometimes it's really sad u know when no one cares or even thinks about us introverts.
I'll do stuff, I just want to be paid for whatever it is I wanna do that day/week
If we in the US will even get a retirement... these days it's looking grim.
Load More Replies...How have they not noticed yet? Is it socially acceptable yet to just walk away from a conversation like this?
Seriously HOW? I feel bad and it feels rude to tell someone to stop talking or stop talking long enough for me to say something. But dammit, isn't it rude to hold someone verbally hostage and go on and on and on...and on??
Load More Replies...Hey, it provides something nice for a fleeting while - it's not like it will actually ever happen, so let's enjoy nice things, no matter how hypothetical, for as long as they last.
No! We might've only lightly flirted once and now you won't respond to my texts, but I have planned the next five dates!
I gave up going to hairdressers since they always wanted to make conversation
Damn wish I could but my stupid parents be like "nooooo you can't have 2 metres of split ends hannah noooooo you're hair is gross get it cuttt nooooooo"
Load More Replies...When I was in therapy and said "But enough about me let's hear about you!" right after a trauma monologue-
I once went as a client to a café I used to work at, noticed that was a new plant vase and to do small talk with my ex boss I said "pretty sure I would drop this if I was still here" Except I'm pretty sure I WOULDN'T, since I'm extremely careful and have never drop anything while I worked there. I just have no idea why the hell did i say that
School reunions? Talking to the people who loathed and teased me? No thanks
Going through those years and this makes me feel that my peak was when I was between 3 to 5 years old.
Covid was like this for me - everyone was crying and bitching about how they don't get to see anyone anymore or go places, yadda yadda, and I'm just at home, living life as usual.
With new people, with old people, with middle-aged people, same difference every time.
Man, I was like that since I was a toddler. Can't stand any kind of noise.
Them: politely asks the standard "How are you". Me: launch into details of how COVID has ruined your pelvic floor control after your prostate operation. Has worked the last 5 or 6 times I've tried this. I have a backup plan based on complaining about inflation pushing the price of incontinence pads.
I don’t even have a prostate, but I’m using this. I imagine talking about my imaginary prostate would be quite effective!
Load More Replies...Q: What do you do? A: I work in a bank. Never gets any follow up questions.
I know one from an ASD person that I was friends with. Start describing your breakfast cereal that you eat each morning. Preferably corn flakes or similarly bland.
We're just people. If you don't get something, just ask.
Load More Replies...Don't be. Over share once and they'll never talk to you again. Works all the time. Specifically go into your mental issues. You can see their face change from "let's be friends" to "I will cross the street and turn the other way if we see each other again"
I overshared and got reported to my boss. I still say if you don't want to know what pegging is, don't ask!
Load More Replies...I prefer getting several places out of the way so I don't have to go out the next day and can recharge longer!
I have 2 people. They are my people. One is an extrovert who adopted me and has spent the last 6 months trying to assimilate me into her friend group. The other is a super chill dude I've known literally forever and could tell literally anything to.
You are so very lucky. I want that...and a crow buddy
Load More Replies...A better meme would be Pooh and Piglet: "Pooh?"whispered Piglet. "Yes, Piglet," said Pooh. "Oh, nothing," said Piglet. "I just wanted to make sure of you."
During the beginning of the pandemic, one of my friends and I used to FaceTime for hours, and most of it was just us drawing and listening to music and not talking.
Yes, except for the attention. If anybody pays attention to me I feel selfish and like I’m wasting their time. Also why I cannot even go to my schools psychologist when I really need it, even though it’s her job.
That's not introversion; it's insecurity. For me, faking it till making it worked. Takes awhile, but it works.
Load More Replies...My guiding principle is if it's important enough, they'll either text or e-mail me when I don't answer their call.
Just text I might have to make up an excuse and I don't want you to hear what's actually happening in the backround.
My mom told me to put "stuck up" as one of my three personality straights in my college questionnaire "about me" because she could not understand my personality. I was the worst, because I wasn't extroverted. Still hurts. But I get she couldn't understand a personality other than hers.
THought about being an uber driver. The introvert in me convinced me very strongly to do otherwise.
So I can spend the next 8 hours doing nothing, watching films and scrolling on BP
We're all out here living the same life, aren't we, lol
Load More Replies...I have a giraffe onesie I like to wear, it has a tail and half the time I have a beagle attached to the end of it
Exactly. A TRUE introvert will use the ketchup sparingly to avoid future interactions with said waitress.
Load More Replies...SpongeBob: What could be better than sharing a good time with a crowd of people? Squidward: Being dead or anything else.
One of the tough parts about having kids. My son wakes up at 5a doing somersaults and asking detailed questions about the most random stuff. I'm unsure if all of my body exists before 7a.
This is my son too, and I'm not a morning person, or a talkative person. 😂
Load More Replies...I'm sleepy and most likely cranky. Please shut up and leave me alone.
Nah man, with my family, I have the greatest (albeit not total) chance of really being myself. Definitely does not apply to any workplace, ever.
Them: "What's your favorite color?" Me: "The oldest living goldfish was 43 years old."
I would play the Rocky Horror theme, far more appropriate for me.
Load More Replies...No, no, the people must talk to ME first. They must then complete a series of challenges involving them starting conversations and me glaring grumpily from the corner. Eventually, my brain will decide that they are trustworthy. They are now my friend, and I will continuously overstate until they eventually get bored of me and move on with their lives because I'm not worth their time. Then the cycle begins again. And again. And again...
My daughter and I (at least once a day): "Are you talking to me or to yourself?"
Not the corner, ffs. Good grief! If someone sits next to you there, you're trapped.
My late grandfather, a war veteran, watching me google an unknown phone number instead of answering the call.
I don't hide it well at all. In fact, my face sometimes just looks like that for no reason.
I hate the good mornings/hello every single day. Like come on! You just saw me and said that yesterday
Same with school. I literally saw you yesterday! And the day before that! And the day before that! It's not like I'm here by choice, the least you could do is leave me alone.
Load More Replies...Or when the 10+ coworkers you share your office with all say good morning separately. It never ends!
Again, a post where "introvert" gets mixed up with anxiety, being shy, having no social skills, etc.. Being introvert does not necessarily mean that you have problems interacting with people. It just means you do not enjoy it all the time or as much as others might.
Word. Introversion doesn't mean I can't socialize -- socializing is a learned skill, not an innate ability you're born with -- it means that I just need a moment alone to decompress every once in while when I'm with other people.
Load More Replies...I'm tired of the 'introvert' posts! Introversion is not anxiety of shyness!
right? like i relate to these but not every introvert does.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda Bingo - Now I just need an article about Malicious Compliance at work, something comparing the US to the rest of the world, and someone's "quirky" cartoons about life!!
You forgot quirky real estate as found on some other website!!
Load More Replies...Extrovert bashing seems to be Bored Panda's favourite national sport, right after American bashing.
Introvert Problems”: 50 Of The Funniest Jokes That Sum Up Life As An Introvert! What is so funny about how I want to live my life? If I want to be quiet why can't I be, if I don't want to socialise why should I. Why do I feel moked by a writer that in her own bio says she likes to socialise. Sorry for the rant and moan.
This doesn't feel relatable, I'm an introvert but I don't like being in my house all the time or 'recharging.
Some interverts like going out and some don't. I heard there are 4 types. Sorry, had to retype this because of embarrassment.
Load More Replies...I have social anxiety, and TOO MUCH activity going on around me at the same time will absolutely PARALYZE me. So will sounds and smells that are way too loud. SENSORY OVERLOAD!!!!
Tbh, some introverts like going out, but also don’t? Like, if it’s someone ur comfortable with, it’s ok, you’ll prolly have fun, but if it’s someone new, u don’t really wanna? Or maybe the reverse? I don’t know, but it’s how it is for me. If u ask me about smth that interests me, u can’t get me to shut up. And if ur my friend and I know u and I’m comfortable with u then sure I’ll leave the house but otherwise not really I guess…
I don't understand all the comments on here about introversion not being shy...I don't think I read anything that mentioned being shy. Though I do agree a few of them sound more like anxiety. My introversion is going "out" during the day instead of at night or on the weekend when everyone else is out
Again, a post where "introvert" gets mixed up with anxiety, being shy, having no social skills, etc.. Being introvert does not necessarily mean that you have problems interacting with people. It just means you do not enjoy it all the time or as much as others might.
Word. Introversion doesn't mean I can't socialize -- socializing is a learned skill, not an innate ability you're born with -- it means that I just need a moment alone to decompress every once in while when I'm with other people.
Load More Replies...I'm tired of the 'introvert' posts! Introversion is not anxiety of shyness!
right? like i relate to these but not every introvert does.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda Bingo - Now I just need an article about Malicious Compliance at work, something comparing the US to the rest of the world, and someone's "quirky" cartoons about life!!
You forgot quirky real estate as found on some other website!!
Load More Replies...Extrovert bashing seems to be Bored Panda's favourite national sport, right after American bashing.
Introvert Problems”: 50 Of The Funniest Jokes That Sum Up Life As An Introvert! What is so funny about how I want to live my life? If I want to be quiet why can't I be, if I don't want to socialise why should I. Why do I feel moked by a writer that in her own bio says she likes to socialise. Sorry for the rant and moan.
This doesn't feel relatable, I'm an introvert but I don't like being in my house all the time or 'recharging.
Some interverts like going out and some don't. I heard there are 4 types. Sorry, had to retype this because of embarrassment.
Load More Replies...I have social anxiety, and TOO MUCH activity going on around me at the same time will absolutely PARALYZE me. So will sounds and smells that are way too loud. SENSORY OVERLOAD!!!!
Tbh, some introverts like going out, but also don’t? Like, if it’s someone ur comfortable with, it’s ok, you’ll prolly have fun, but if it’s someone new, u don’t really wanna? Or maybe the reverse? I don’t know, but it’s how it is for me. If u ask me about smth that interests me, u can’t get me to shut up. And if ur my friend and I know u and I’m comfortable with u then sure I’ll leave the house but otherwise not really I guess…
I don't understand all the comments on here about introversion not being shy...I don't think I read anything that mentioned being shy. Though I do agree a few of them sound more like anxiety. My introversion is going "out" during the day instead of at night or on the weekend when everyone else is out
