Introversion has its highs and lows. While interactions with people can be daunting sometimes, spending time with oneself has simple, sheer joys.
But if you want an excellent representation of a wallflower’s life, here’s the Introvert_Memestation Instagram page. It features posts showing the unnecessary fears of making a phone call, some intrusive thoughts while alone, and the burdensome idea of socializing.
We’ve picked out some of the standout memes and compiled them in a list for you to enjoy and perhaps even relate to.
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...no. we turned around and all walked in backwards... The Dice-Man
Load More Replies...When you’re trying to p**s them off? Yeah, absolutely.
Load More Replies...I don't see why this is women-exclusive. Telling anyone to calm down usually has that effect :/
Right, it's so weird! It's feeding into the "hysterical woman" stereotype
Load More Replies...I have never seen this method work to calm introverts, extroverts, or ambiverts!
My dad always told me to calm down when I was little. Drove me crazy. My husband knows better.😅
When they f*****g say anything at all, more like. I was minding my business on Sunday walking back to my car from the grocer and this slightly unkempt man twice my size whom I do not know was walking up toward the store. I made brief eye contact and I moved out of his way and he angrily goes "I say hello (which I didn't even hear) and you get scared. It's always the tattooed people." Like, wtaf. I got scared because you're twice my f*****g size, I don't know you, and you're borderline unkempt and walking without a family. Why the f**k would I say anything to you??
I recently started rewatching ATLA (last time I watched it I was a kid just randomly catching it on TV), and Uncle Iroh has to be one of my favourite characters. His relationship with Zuko is great; I wish we all had an Uncle Iroh.
Load More Replies...Uncle Iroh - always a good go to (I can see him saying it, even if he didn't).
People who’ve been introverted their entire lives are easily exhausted, but not because of physical activity. For the most part, it is from being around new people.
“You know you’re an introvert if you find yourself needing to recharge your batteries on your own,” author and lawyer Susan Cain told The Harvard Crimson.
“Imagine that you’ve been at a party for two hours and you’ve had a really good time. No matter how good a time you’ve had, you might feel depleted, drained of energy. And you get your energy from being in a quieter setting.”
This is the money that you have to spend on doctors and prescription medications, not awesome.
Load More Replies...Gosh, maybe if we got a living wage from one job instead of trying to work two or three jobs we wouldn't have so much stress, anxiety and depression! Golly gee whiz!
it's true, having the finances to not worry so much of the time would probably help most people!
Last week I was going to stop at the store but didn't because I wasn't in the mood to put up people.
A dangerous invasive species. Parasitic. Also a predator with a veritable bloodlust for upsetting/destroying whole ecosystems and wiping out whole species of flora and fauna. Possesses downright disgusting habits and s****y attitudes too. However, a tiny fraction of them are really wonderful. Damned near angelic, tbh. Too bad the badness genes individuals seem to be reproducing more rapidly than the wonderfulness genes individuals.
The world would be such an amazing lovely place if it wasn't so full of people.....
I have depression and regularly feel this way. My husband will ask if I want to talk about it or if I just want him to be with me and I've literally started saying "I'm just sad and don't know why, I'm so sorry." and that's his cue to just sit and hold my hand.
I feel you. My shrink would say, your feelings are valid, you don't need to apologize. Looks like he loves you a lot and is understanding and supportive.
Load More Replies...Was reading the story of Dumbo to the 5th grade class and teacher wouldn't let me go to the bathroom and I ended up peeing on the floor. SO HUMILIATING!!!
You, more often than not, know why you're sad and don't want to share - which is fine. Take some time to think about it.
Cain identifies as an introvert, something she struggled with during her early years as an attorney in New York. In her interview, she also touched on the common false impressions people have about her.
“The misconceptions about introverts are that they’re antisocial, unfriendly, uncaring, and in fact, they’re really not—they just want to socialize in quieter ways,” she explained.
I have worked in retail for over 2 decades. I am now a general contractor/handyman dealing with people all the time. I cherish my alone time. I am now semi-retired and cherishing more time alone each week.
It isn’t uncommon for introverts to fall in love with extroverts and vice versa. However, specific issues could arise within the relationship because of their differing personalities. Cain has a tip to prevent these possible scenarios.
“Negotiate in advance how often you’re going to socialize as a couple,” she said. “Because if one person wants to be going out all the time and the other person wants to hang out at home and be cozy, that can cause conflict.
“You don’t want to negotiate that every night, so figure out in advance how often you are going to go out per week, agree to it, and stick to that plan.”
"Lol everyone here hates you" or "lol remember that one horribly traumatic time that changed the course of your life? Let's remember that in alarmingly accurate detail."
I just started using Phoebe's excuse from the t.v. show Friends, "Oh, I wish I could but I don't want to."
Some situations don’t let you walk away right off. You’re stuck and have to carefully plan your escape.
Load More Replies...Shyness is another trait commonly associated with introversion. While these two intersect at some point, Cain explains the subtle difference.
“They’re really not the same, because shyness is about the fear of social judgment,” she explained. “So you could be the kind of person I was describing before—someone who gets their energy from being on their own and needs to recharge that way—without being especially fearful about other people’s opinions.”
My sister's favorite Care Bear. Mine is Cheer Bear. Go figure, lol.
Oh,yeah,I had that a lot. Or someone just calls you and I answer what do you need and she just states it.
The worst is when someone you really don’t like is suddenly really nice to you. I am always suspicious in these situations, as I fell for it once or twice when I was young and naive and took everything people said at face value, and it was nothing more than a setup for me to be the butt of a joke each time—-and from different and unconnected people too. And people wonder why some of us have trust issues. F**k. Get burned enough times and you learn to walk away and stay far far away from the flames.
"Have I ever told you how much I value and cheri-" "Okay, what do you want?"
Yep, this is what happened right before being sent to residential... fun times.
This is your mental health reminder that you don’t have to make an adult meal all the time if you’re not currently up to it! Eat a slice of cheese. Eat a slice of ham. Eat a slice or two of bread. You’ve eaten a deconstructed sandwich. You’ve eaten something, and that’s something to be happy about.
Yes!!! Like people seriously underestimate that small things majority count when you're not well mentally. If you had the flu and you managed a hand full of dry crackers you would be pretty impressed with yourself. The same should be true fo bot being well mentally. Every day I manage to dress my bed for me is always a win.
Load More Replies...I used to have popcorn and an apple for dinner. I wish now I'd thought of spreading peanut butter on that apple, but still I had something to eat with very little effort.
Many a time I’m in bed watching tv and I want a snack but I’m so comfortable I don’t want to disturb myself by getting up. I would have really liked that snack…..
And then you spend money you absolutely can’t afford and have something delivered.
Introverts may be reserved, but as neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius points out, they have their fair share of strengths that set them apart. One of them is their ability to focus on a particular subject matter.
“The ability to focus intensely is a key characteristic of introverts, who often have more extended focus than extroverts,” she wrote in an article for CNBC.
“Because they enjoy spending time alone, introverts tend to be more willing than extroverts to put in the hours alone necessary to master a skill.”
Lol, yes! And now I have a password manager, but I need a password to get to all my other passwords!!! 😭
I bought a book on Amazon...that says. WHAT THE F**K IS MY PASSWORD ,on it. Worked like a charm until I forgot where I hid the book.😭 ..True Story
Load More Replies...For me, it’s people’s names right after I’ve been introduced to them. Especially if no one says their name ever again afterward. Not a symptom of getting older, either. Has been happening ever since I was a child. Unless I see you AND hear your name everyday, it’s just gone right after meeting you. There are people at some jobs I’ve had, who I was introduced to, and who I waved at and said Hello and Goodbye to every single workday for years, whose names I could not remember, and it went on so long it got to the point where it was embarrassing to ask. Then I left those jobs and stared new ones, and the cycle started over again with new people.
Wow talk about delulu. Everyone does this, except you of course 😒
Load More Replies...AN hedgeDOG? (I don't mean this in a rude way, just wondering if that was intended)
Load More Replies...Heh. I started a new diet and exercise plan where I'd get up half an hour early and work out. I lasted two days.
Absolutely. Except with the duvet pulled back over me
Load More Replies...Introverted employees will have a starkly different approach to work than their extroverted counterparts. If you’re an employer dealing with the former, Fabritius first emphasized respecting boundaries.
“It takes up to 23 minutes for a person to regain focus after they’ve been interrupted. Don’t expect people to answer every email or Slack message immediately.”
Ouch. Looks like a parental response. . . Or at least from my perspective.
I had a similar conversation with the most amazing girl I ever met. Forty years later still can't believe what a dumb 14yo. I was 😱
There are people who raise your stress level. Then there are people who are stress levels unto themselves.
As I mentioned before, I hate people but I do like individuals if only they didn't become people!
Brainstorming sessions that involve everyone on the team can be beneficial. However, Fabritius encourages letting people be if they prefer to work solo.
“Letting people shout ideas at each other in a room sounds like fun. But research shows that if you want to maximize creativity, let people generate ideas by themselves before sharing them in a group. Bonus: Your introverts will be far more comfortable sharing.”
Then you quickly hang up and text them sorry I accidentally called you and then they say "no actually it's fine we should catch up we haven't talked in while and then they schedule a time to meet and you have no more energy to create am exuse and you just sit there wondering how all this haopened just because your finger slipped
Then you wonder why you have no friends. Assess what it is and if it's really worth losing a friend over. Sometimes it is, usually it isn't. Imagine someone ghosted you because you did a little thing they didn't like.
I thought I was the only one! I have serious abandonment issues. Drop them first.
And yet... these saaaame people are the ones who try their hardest to KEEP re-pixelating my stupid self...
Yeah! "You're worrying too much." Don't you think I know that? That's one of the things I worry about.
Face-to-face interactions are, for the most part, the bane of an introvert’s existence. In line with respecting boundaries, Fabritius advises against imposing a specific mode of communication.
“The introverts in your office may prefer emails, while the extroverts might enjoy handling business on the phone. Encourage people to decide how they want to communicate (e.g., turning cameras on or off), even if it differs from yours.”
I had to leave the cinema after the scene where the chicken screams on the boat because I couldn't stop laughing.
Load More Replies...Hope climate change doesn't change that to boiling water any time soon :(
There are two answers only: a gamer and a YouTuber. I tried to encourage pupils to pick a normal profession, but it's pointless. My generation failed completely as parents.
I had one student a couple years ago who decided she didn't need an education because she is going to be an influencer.
Load More Replies..."I WILL DECAPITATE YOU, THEN I WILL RIP YOUR STOMACH OPEN AND FEED YOUR GUTS TO A HOMELESS FAMILY, THEN I WILL BREAK ALL YOUR BONES WITH A HAMMER, THEN I WILL DEFENESTRATE YOU!"
I just stand there wondering what it would sound like if you knocked their head for a homer with a Louisville slugger.
People who emotionally are stuck at age 3 don't deserve me. It's much better to be alone than frustrated by dumb people.
Judging from the down votes I guess there are a few of those here. Up vote for solidarity!
Load More Replies...When it comes to work, Fabritius stresses the importance of allowing employees to recharge their batteries.
“As an introvert, my general message to employers is, ‘Let my people rest,’” she wrote. “Like it or not, the future of work is all about more choices, autonomy, and a culture that embraces introversion.”
Opposite. Gets stuck behind a slow driver and thinks "Yessss! Now anyone following will blame *them* for driving slow.".
Oh I hate that. I try to go to one side of the lane so they can see it ain't me. I'm sitting there having an epi ffs.
Load More Replies...After this, and if it's clear, I am around them in a flash. Lol.
my hobby is driving exactly one mile over the speed limit (thanks to cruise control) and watching the people behind me get super mad because i'm not speeding like they would like to be
Wow, finally a meme about me!! Especially in my neighborhood. My Lord they cannot drive, lol!!!
"They hate you and is disgusted by your message. How can you undo this heinous act?!?!?" - my brain sending a simple text.
If you didn't suffer from anxiety before, you will after someone says something like that!
Any time someone says 'please come into my office, we need to talk'. Principal or boss or or or.
Load More Replies...I always ask people to tell me straightaway or I’ll suffer. Sometimes people think I am being weird but oblige. I just cant wait.
Load More Replies...I forget things so much that my parents think that I'm just trying to confuse them.
And the second, justifiably, because the first one’s happening for no good reason.
Load More Replies...Someone called me on video call recently, I looked like a potato. lol
Ah you remind me to make potato salad lol Thanks!
Load More Replies...I work from home so I'm on video meetings every day. Every once in a while I have a day where I just can't deal with being seen. I tell my colleagues I'm having an ugly day. They all totally understand.
They are very scary, be prepared if you see this.
Load More Replies...You only get that if you answer the first call... so just never answer and your brain is safe :)
I feel cheated if I sleep until wake-up time - I like to wake accidentally 2 hours before, just for the joy of rolling over....
I am in this picture not only because I do this but also because I think she does look a lot like me!!!
Load More Replies...Nah, they get really angry and scream at you. Most people love to dish it out but can't take it.
When someone yells at me, I don't yell. I just act very calm and then they get more angry.
Load More Replies...Haha oh if mine could only talk....thankfully it doesn't.....or does it ....?!
My mom's coming for a visit next week. I've already made a list with the foods I want her to cook! 😊
Just be sure to be the one who helps Mom with the cooking AND lets her relax while YOU clean everything up and do the dishes after you both eat the food she cooked. A good host never makes their guest(s) do all the work.
Load More Replies...I "forget" my phone ALL the time. I'm unreachable, I'm sorry (not sorry) 🤗
I put mine on flight mode a lot of the time! Also lose it quite a lot as well. They are probably connected!
Load More Replies...That’s a s****y thing to say to anybody when you know damned well they’re on the verge of tears—-especially if YOU are the one who caused it. Don’t taunt and belittle and make fun of them for having the most logical human reaction to the nasty s**t you just doled out to them in order to get that exact same reaction from them. A*****e.
A couple weeks ago somebody THREW A DAYUM MARKER and HIT ME ON MY GYATTDAYUM NOSE. And then when I held my nose in pain, he continuously said, "Omg, is he gonna cry? Omg, he's about to cry! He's gonna cry!" I didn't wanna cry, and I wasn't going to until he said that, I managed to hold the one tear that was going to come out of my eye in my eye, but this proves that it's a SHIITTTY THING TO DO!
Load More Replies...Me too - don't enjoy phone calls at all. I can't gauge their reaction without seeing the person.
Load More Replies...Sucks to be them, then. I might respond sometime in the morning. Maybe. I just won’t put that sense of urgency to it. Unless it’s life threatening or life changing important, you can wait. That’s my quiet rebellion against people’s (and employers’) ridiculous expectations that I am going to be available to answer their calls 24/7/365. Nope. When it comes to that, for me it’s 1965, when only a handful of people could afford to have a personal pager or an answering machine in their homes. When it’s MY down time, you can bet I will have that ringer turned OFF, will not answer, especially when I’m asleep, and screen calls if I’m awake and curious who’s calling me. Quietly incommunicado and/or off the grid is a lovely state to be in, especially if it feels like you always have people coming at you from all sides and all the lines on your phone seem to light up at once and stay constantly lit until your day is over, and THEN try to extend the cacophony beyond those hours as well.
my five year old self tryna "keep up the socials" and always responding within 6 seconds
This just makes me miss Covid's social distancing. Please stay 1 pool noodle's length away from me. TY.
It's really boring these articles that come back again and again which systematically confuse introvert and depression. And no, the Instagram site (introvert_memestation) gives absolutely no credit to your article since it indiscriminately mixes depression and social anxiety, which are mental disorders, with introversion, which is not a disorder. I repeat here in case it is not clear: the introvert is not a disease, thank-you.
There is clinical depression and there is unhappy people who "needs" aren't met by others.
Load More Replies...Please check up the difference between introversion and depression/anxiety
"Hating people" would involve a certain level of passion. I don't even have THAT.
Introversion is such a ... broad thing. It seems to be usually confused with having depression - and funny enough... it's the whole not be accepted as introverted that really fuels the depression - so.... ack. Vicious cycle.
Question for introverts: do you really hate people? I feel mostly introverty, but it's not so much that I hate people, more that I hate who I am around most people. Also, I understand that many people suck, but also many do not. It's complicated. I guess I just don't think the memes that feature fantasising about unaliving someone or the 'telling the truth cake' one are a bit aggressively anti-people and I never personally felt that way. Thanks for sticking with me while I didn't manage to keep my thought in any kind of cohesive shape. I'm sorry.
I'm an introvert and I like people, it just takes work to interact. It's like talking in a language you only just learned, it takes effort all the time to understand and communicate. Sometimes I'm tired and don't have it in me. But introversion, social anxiety and misanthropy are often confused.
Load More Replies...For all the people getting offended, go suck d!ck. They are all meant to be jokes so if you don't think they are funny, go someplace else.
Okay, there was a meme (Donald Duck sleeping over cooking) I signed in to join the conversation in comments and now it's gone????
It's really boring these articles that come back again and again which systematically confuse introvert and depression. And no, the Instagram site (introvert_memestation) gives absolutely no credit to your article since it indiscriminately mixes depression and social anxiety, which are mental disorders, with introversion, which is not a disorder. I repeat here in case it is not clear: the introvert is not a disease, thank-you.
There is clinical depression and there is unhappy people who "needs" aren't met by others.
Load More Replies...Please check up the difference between introversion and depression/anxiety
"Hating people" would involve a certain level of passion. I don't even have THAT.
Introversion is such a ... broad thing. It seems to be usually confused with having depression - and funny enough... it's the whole not be accepted as introverted that really fuels the depression - so.... ack. Vicious cycle.
Question for introverts: do you really hate people? I feel mostly introverty, but it's not so much that I hate people, more that I hate who I am around most people. Also, I understand that many people suck, but also many do not. It's complicated. I guess I just don't think the memes that feature fantasising about unaliving someone or the 'telling the truth cake' one are a bit aggressively anti-people and I never personally felt that way. Thanks for sticking with me while I didn't manage to keep my thought in any kind of cohesive shape. I'm sorry.
I'm an introvert and I like people, it just takes work to interact. It's like talking in a language you only just learned, it takes effort all the time to understand and communicate. Sometimes I'm tired and don't have it in me. But introversion, social anxiety and misanthropy are often confused.
Load More Replies...For all the people getting offended, go suck d!ck. They are all meant to be jokes so if you don't think they are funny, go someplace else.
Okay, there was a meme (Donald Duck sleeping over cooking) I signed in to join the conversation in comments and now it's gone????
