Many people only feel fulfilled when they are around others. They could talk for days, have friends over forever, and can virtually go crazy if they need to be alone.
To the introverts’ ears, however, silence is the best music. Their biggest existential dread is crowds of people and they will do everything to stay away from them. Luckily, unbeknownst to our dear fellow extroverts, way too many people prefer to be left alone.
This Instagram page titled “Antisocial Memes” is a safe place to celebrate your introvert side, and chuckle at painfully relatable memes that sum up everything, including being awkward around people, that they go through every day.
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however, the extroverts found this and changed the locks before you could unlock it.
Load More Replies...Am I a bad person for doing this for years? I had a "friend" tell me to start charging my phone.
Yes, yes I will charge my phone but I can't talk on it while it charges... checkmate!
Load More Replies...Don't forget to put it in airplane mode for a while afterwards. You can turn on wifi while in airplane mode
haha this is so funny please let my family out of the basement please i beg you
My house isn't a castle, but if I found a fellow introvert guy who loved me and my cats and wanted to live with us, THAT would be my fairy tale and happy ending!! (Especially if he loved sitting around in sweats eating double-cheese pizza!!!) 💕💕
I might be a continent away, but sign me up! Introvert (Asperger), cats, cheese, and loafing: check.
Load More Replies...She should go one step further and build a moat (and raise the drawbridge)
NGL I would love to be the guy who took care of the litter boxes if I could live in the basement there. I love Enya, I love Kitties. That has to be someone's job right?
She must have great acoustics in her castle. Perfect for a voice as angelic as hers.
It's called Manderley Castle and was built in 1840, in what is now Ireland's (and one of Europe's) most exclusive neighbourhoods...price of property here easily exceeds many Hollywood and Beverley Hills prices. Bono's residence is about 300 meters away and The Edge also lives in the area, as does movie director Neil Jordan...Van Morrison had a house there up to recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manderley_Castle
I'm already living like this, except without the castle or the money.
Wonder how many servants live with her while she loves alone in a castle? Or does she herself see to the castle?
I can imagine Enya vacuuming the castle,and when she gets to the last room,she can start all over. And washing the curtains. And going to the store by a horse.
Load More Replies...Leaving is also my favorite thing to do at school. My second favorite is lunch.
Happiest isolated, single event of my life: Walking out of the gate after my final exam, knowing I never had to go back.
As someone who used to be locked up in a supply closet by the principal, yeah.
To find out how exactly introverts' minds differ from extroverts’, previously Bored Panda spoke with Helen Marlo, a licensed clinical psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst who provides psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and consultation.
Helen, who is also a Professor of Clinical Psychology and the Department Chair at Notre Dame de Namur University, said that the key difference between introverts and extroverts “is in the characteristic and distinctive ways they direct and use consciousness and, consequently, how their attitude of consciousness impacts their psychic energy.”
When people see you've read their message and decide to call you as you're typing a reply. Ugh.
Every time I get a message asking if someone can call me my stomach instantly drops
I dunno -- But when someone asks me if they 'can' do something, I always answer, "I don't know! CAN you?"
Feelings? The only one I let the world see is frustration. The rest are far too powerful, even for me
Found it! https://www.forever21.in/p/too-close-graphic-windbreaker-324204.html
Load More Replies...Does it come in extra large print that can be more easily read from, oh I don't know. How about from across the room. For a start.
I'm currently sharing an office while my building is remodeled. I need this
“An individual who becomes energized when their consciousness is oriented towards internal sources exhibits a more dominant introverted attitude while an individual who is energized when directing consciousness to external sources exhibits a more dominant extroverted attitude,” Marlo told us.
The psychoanalyst explained that introverts obtain more gratification from sources inside themselves. “They are typically described as more introspective, reflective, solitary, and oriented towards individual pursuits,” she said some time ago.
First pic: me around my casual acquaintances/classmates. Second pic: me around the extrovert who randomly adopted me
Same. When I'm surronded by people I don't know i'm quiet and keep to myself but when I'm near my friends I'm chaotic and funny
Great plans! *Serves cat friendly pizza to the smol kittys*
Load More Replies...im why doest she have an open bottle of pepsi and an open can of coke
She likes Coke, but all the cats are "Pepsi generation".
Load More Replies...Def looks like the best plans. I’ve reached the age where I’m not embarrassed to embrace such choices re my weekend plans
Coming out is waaaaay too scary, I would rather stay in the closet
And you misheard the one lyric until someone you know corrects you.
Load More Replies...I just had this moment last night. And I had another moment like that last year. There was a song I had been looking for for 25 or so years. Absolute euphoria.
Oh my gosh! There is a song from 2002 I’ve been trying to find and never have. It’s to the point where I’m afraid that if I ever find it, it won’t be as great as I remember, so maybe the memory is better than the reality would be
Load More Replies...You know what's even more satisfying. Find lost instrumental music. It took seven years. It wasn't anywhere, not even on youtube. The records were not sold anywhere, not even digitally. It was as if the whole artist had disappeared. I originally heard it on a site that no longer exists. Half a year ago it had appeared on YouTube. One solved, many more to find.
This is why old school music stores are important. Just humm it, name a few instruments et voila
Load More Replies...who needs interacteractions, sex, sleep, or logic when you can stay up all night finding the song
Imagine finding out the song's name, shouting 'YES!!!' and your partner thinking you just c*m
Load More Replies...Yep well I had 4 words to go on now I post the link to the song on the comments for other people trying to find the little bit of song at the end of the one they just listened to
Supercalifragilisticexpialigetic ! ♡ thats thr Moment i waited for 😃 it's from Mary Poppins :)
Load More Replies...However, Marlo believes that the common characterizations of introvert and extrovert personalities are often simplified. ”While the personality traits and activities ascribed to introverts and extroverts have some validity, frequently, such characterizations are overgeneralized and simplistic. For example, a frequent overgeneralization is that extroverts are not introspective or reflective while introverts are not social nor relate well to others.”
"No, no, I swear I know how to do this, can you please just give me a second to remember something I've successfully done every day for the past 6 years?"
Boss: Can you please do this job? Me: yes but please don't watch me or I will burn it down
YESSSS "please don't stand here and watch me do this thing I do several times a day on my own just fine"
Load More Replies...When I was young I went straight from college to employment in a field that just didn't tolerate any sort of drug use at all... so when I left that, I thought I'd experiment quite a bit with some drugs..... fast forward a couple of years where I found myself smoking a rather fat joint in a coffee shop in Amsterdam just off the square...and I sat there for about an hour and a half after smoking just half a joint truly believing I'd forgotten how to walk properly and so didn't want to risk making a twat of myself by even trying to navigate walking through the 'maze' of tables to the exit door. I smoked the rest of the joint thinking about the problem - which only exacerbated the problem. Good times.
You sir are who I aspired to be when I was in my 20's.
Load More Replies...LOL this is so me at work. I hate it. Like, is there not something else you could be doing while you wait for me to finish up the thing you need? Can't the manager just watch me from the cameras?
"Hey, check this out, I'm learning piano!" *somehow hits four keys at once and forgets what song I'm playing*
I'M NOT A LIAR I CAN DO THINGS BUT YOU LOOKING AT ME MAKES MY LEGS SIEZE UO
Me? I'm great! Totally... great! What? I'm not crying. Why would you say that? Nope, I definitely meant for my eyeliner to smear like that.
What do you mean there is a tear rolling down my cheek? It was just a few raindrops that happened to land right below my eyes.
Load More Replies...While we often believe we’re born introverts or extroverts, the research shows that it depends on a combination of factors: “What we are born with, along with what we experience in life, including influential relationships, our social and cultural world, life circumstances, stressors, and traumas,” Marlo said.
That being said, being an introvert is not just about avoiding crowds and preferring solitary time. Marlo believes that there are tremendous benefits of being an introverted person. “The consciousness of introverts, relative to extroverts, is more primed to absorb, reflect upon, analyze, endow meaning, and organize external material from fellow human beings as well as the objects of our external world.”
You just be you. Don't stop showing yourself to the world: it's the only way to find your soulmates. Don't worry about the people who judge you, if you look close you will see they are not the ones who have the power to touch your soul. Don't let social rejection be an obstacle, but a guideline to lead you away from people not worth investing in. Good luck!
This is why I don’t talk. People either talk over me, or they just stop listening and my voice just trails off like… (shrugs)
Is it bad that the main reason I usually go to social functions is the promise of free food and not actually the people?
One time I was invited to a disco by a friend. It was a bunch of people I never met in one small room with music and balloons. My friend never showed up. In short, had a panic attack, called my dad, he had to drive 2 hours to get me, I stayed in my room till dinner
No, listen, sometimes I think I should go out and have fun but then I realize that means leaving my bedroom and socializing and pretending that I want to be there, and how much effort that is.
I want this dog. I also want a miniature cow and an alpaca, but mostly this dog.
She has an Instagram: https://instagram.com/bellebows4117?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Load More Replies...I have no contact with the embarrassing things I said five years ago because they are still waiting in a long, long line behind all the embarrassing things I said more than five years ago,
Moreover, introverts help to make our relationships, with others and ourselves, as well as the events of the external world more meaningful. “Introverts enable us to learn from our experiences by inspiring reflection. Moreover, introverted attention fosters creativity, and when met with extroverted consciousness, it inspires innovation,” the psychoanalyst concluded.
I have one very social daughter and one introvert. When the introvert lays down an insult or argument, it is pure gold!
Regrets. This always happens when there's a bunch of kids to reprimand but I say something nonsensical and overly-dramatic and now I'm worried they're laughing somewhere at the "Karen" when I had a very valid point to make that just didn't land.
Basically me. My brain tends to randomly decide that a random person I barely know is trustworthy and share my whole life story in about 6 minutes, while simultaneously choosing to avoid conversing with extremely trustworthy people I've known most of my life.
Me. I'm either quiet and not finding the right moment to say anything, or else telling people my entire life story. Sorry.
My life AGAIN. I'll talk and talk about my problems and how awful I feel easily but things I want to make me feel better? No. Too much pressure on the other person to do a small thing to make me happy
Do people actually do this? Like, the only people I talk on the phone with are my brother and people my mom tells me I need to thank for birthday gifts.
I can solve one issue for you. Instead of saying thank you, send them a thank you card. You get major brownie points for doing something personal that requires a bit of effort and you get to avoid phone calls.
Load More Replies..."Are you busy?" Is always a trap! Pro tip: Anytime someone asks that, Always answer "always, why? Then decide if you can "rearrange your schedule "😂
I'm not a complete introvert. More like an ambivert. I wish more people video called. Well just certain people.
I’m not even a phone person, actually prefers text, but this here I will definitely not pick up
Sorry I randomly have to go get my cat, my mom's been watching her because she's been getting into fights and doing flips and.... yeah bye
I am happy to report I do not suffer from this problem. I slept until 1:30 pm today. :) Without alarm clocks I would probably sleep 24 hours straight.
I always remember stupid stuff in class like this pic: imagesqtbn...sqpCAU.png
"Seriously, wtf are you laughing about?" Meanwhile, in my brain:
Load More Replies...I hate it when someone asks what's so funny. They never understand and I don't have to justify the goings on of my mind.
I talk to animals. My cat, my friend's dog, a random bird I saw outside...
Load More Replies...omg this is so me.. sometimes the voices in my head are to loud for other people
Whatever happened to that random cool t-shirt I had when I was 9?
I actually found one of mine last week... it was in a box of fabric scraps for some reason
Load More Replies...Hidden in a box in the garage so my wife can't find it, force me to renew my passport, and drag me to another country for her amusement.
How many don't know the difference between "laying" (objective) and "lying" (active)? Billions & billions!!!
What's the betting it becomes accepted at some point? Look at how 'literally' gets used these days - INFORMAL used for emphasis while not being literally true: "I was literally blown away by the response I got". What can you do?
Load More Replies...Me lying in bed. "If there's a fire it will burn my birth certificate".
They are replaceable. A tad pain in the a**e but not terribly difficult. Just don't lose your bank card in the process. You'll need to buy it and need your birth certificate (often) to replace your bank card. Been there.
Load More Replies...I totally get this one,along with..did I lock the door? Is the cooker still on? Are the cats all in..?
Yes! Tonight's episode was Where did I put the instructions for changing the furnace filter.
my birth certificate has an expiration date on it. story of my life...
This is me but it has to do with paying bills. I'll be laying there at night and then all of a sudden I'll think "did I pay the electric bill? Then I have to get out of bed, find my checkbook to see if I actually paid that bill. It happens more than I care to admit.
That absolutely never happens, and even if it did my social anxiety would prevent me from remembering what to do.
I knew all those hours of careful planning for made up situations would pay off eventually!
S**t! I am so bad at reading people nothing ever turns out like I thought
It's an historic house in Germany that had to be torn down. They let an artist paint it all black as a kind of goodbye. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/house-in-black-germany/
I plan to become a scary old tower lady who occasionally ventures to the nearby village to aquire large baskets of art supplies and food for my numerous cats.
But never food for yourself? "That old artist lady that eats cat-food" 😂
Load More Replies...My future is filled with cats and the neighborhood kids thinking I'll turn them into said cats. 😼
They’re going to charge you a $10,000 cleaning fee to drain the water.
Load More Replies...The story about this house: Check out this wondrous find from Atlas Obscura: Drina River House https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/16073
I was thinking that, but where would you let the dog out? No friggin yard.
Load More Replies...Wouldn't fancy it myself but thankfully it's but a residence, is a rest spot for swingers in the Drina river in Serbia.
Load More Replies...Sometimes if you just stare blankly into space for a few seconds, then look back at them and say "wait, what did you just say?" you can avoid unwanted questions
Lol my brain didn't hear them the first time anyway
Load More Replies...A normally acceptable, safe, okay question? Or one of those weird, life, none their business, ulterior motive type of questions that are popular for nosy people to ask?
I'm not scared of being dead it's the getting there that's going to suck.
Load More Replies...The comic makes me laugh but my empathy for the situation...makes me wish I was never born.
Googling this indicates it's a hoax https://www.google.com/search?q=woman+pretends+to+be+blind+for+years&oq=woman+pretends+to+be+blind+for++years&aqs=chrome..69i57.19151j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Don't care. Still my fantasy hero. But i think you could get away with this in parts of india.
Load More Replies...Sometimes I pretend I don't speak English and just make up a bunch of jumbled up sounds.
I do this on accident all the time. "Have a great day!" + "see you later" = hee ya gralter
Load More Replies...I wear two hearing aids, but I often pretend to be more deaf than I really am.
"You know, I think your focus issues could be solved if you just focused a little harder."
you would be way less anxious if you just stopped worrying all the time!
Load More Replies...I'm such a nasty person that if someone dares to say that there's nothing to worry about and there's no point in being anxious, I quickly start listing things that there is reason and worth being worried about. Say something stupid like that and I'll drag you down with me into a deep abyss of anxiety.
Or they say its all in your head! Like oh my so it is lol I'm good now s/
I guess i don’t need the multiple daily medications and weekly therapy anymore!! It’s a miracle!
lol reminds me this morning there was a delivery person walking past my kitchen window and i ducked because i didnt want to possibly make eye contact.
We tried running past the the picture window with our Bloody Marys on Saturday morning when Jahovah’s Witnesses came to call. They had very concerned looks in their pious little big eyes. Still laugh about this 20 years later.
Does anyone else time yourself when you're walking down a hallway so the column comes between you and the person walking the other way?
Load More Replies...Did this, and almost lost my whiskey delivery. Thank all that is holy that he left it at the door, without checking my ID.
It's absolutely ridiculous and hilarious, my husband and I will so the exact same thing, "Don't move! Get away from the window, hurry!"
My family of five stops moving and we don't make any noise when the front doorbell rings. Everyone we know comes to the back door. Thankfully there is no window in my front door or any way to look into the front of my house otherwise we'd also have to hit the floor.
I just assume it a delivery driver and automatically yell "thank you!"
nah, my dog scares the bejeezus out of anyone who's foolish enough to ring the bell...
Why was that ever a thing for parents to do? "Welcome everyone. Please come in and take your shoes off. I'll give you a tour of the house." Why.....? Why would anyone care about the new bedroom furniture and painted walls? It felt like living in a zoo. A museum zoo.
I really don't get what my room has to do with uncle Kevin coming to visit, it's not like he's staying in it
Me too, and I get angry about them. Should we go see a therapist?
Load More Replies...Did anyone start rapping then say the last part really quickly or was that just me
No, but I did have a rap song in my head. The Big Sean song from Fist Fight
Load More Replies...me stressing over the made up problems when i have 5 hours of homework due tommorow.
Just the other day, I spent the whole day stressing about what would happen if one of my cats had somehow gotten out the apartment as I was leaving. In my mind, I concocted this elaborate, but entirely unrealistic scenario in which she darted out between my legs, I didn't notice her, locked her outside, a neighbor found her, thought she was a stray, and chased her out of the building. From then on, her causes of death varied between hypothermia, dog attacks, getting hit by a car... I even thought she'd get stolen, or that she'd refuse to ever let herself be touched by me again. I stressed about this for nine hours, only to return home, and find her exactly where she usually sleeps, safe, sound, and happy. I should add, said cat hates the cold and it was -1 C outside, she was the last thing I looked at as I locked the door, and has left the apartment only once in her life, which time she wandered a mere three feet from the door before she decided that she wants back in. Anxiety is wild.
Pleezta meetcha! Maybe we are telepathically sharing these terrifying things, most of which seem so out of blue.
That's me thinking about all the ways my friends think i am annoying when really they are just as tired as I am because we all stayed up till 3 in the morning every single day this week and don't find me annoying at all.
Cats cure my loneliness and depression... human interactions only increase both
I showed this to my friend and they said that humans are animals and they thought that I would suddenly become an extrovert
I don't understand that. A room full of humans or a room full of cats or dogs I know where I am going, cats first then dogs and die happy 😁
Load More Replies...Big reason I went with being a veterinarian vs a human doctor. Its a lot harder to get into vet school btw.
I have 5 times happiness.. I have my two turtles, one doggo, and two cats :) (but the cats try to murder me in my sleep, my turtles scream underwater, and my doggo gets zoomies at 2 am)
I relate to this cat. Not stuck just in my mind, off somewhere in my only little nook, in my own little world and someone comes along telling me I it's weird where I'm in and to come out to join the rest of the world. WHY??????
Maybe the store is closing? Or on fire?
Load More Replies...The man goes to get the first aid kit, while the cat cozies back up in their favorite spot lol
Load More Replies...It's far easier to help others with their problems than to deal with your own. Facts.
giving relationship advice even though the only relationships I've been in have been one sided with fictional characters
As someone currently in highschool, I think this will be me in a few years. I have 2 friends, only one of which goes to my school, my grades suck, I have zero social skills, I'm lonely and depressed but don't know how to talk to people...
It'll get better after high school. High school sucks. I still can feel the dread and just hearing the word thing, and I'm almost 57 years old. Get thru high school and once you're done you can literally do whatever you want with your life. Hang in there and know that how things are in high school mean pretty much jack-shít once you're out
Load More Replies...I graduated 10 years ago and do not talk to a single person I graduated with , as a matter of fact I haven't talked to any of them at all since graduation day, they've all either moved away or are on drugs
hmmmmm... wouldn't recognize them if I tripped over them in the street
i was homeschooled, absolutely adored my friends at the time, still fell out of contact as soon as we started branching off and not seeing each other all the time 🤷♀️
Until a few months later at 2AM you randomly wake up to half a sentence from the lyrics, spend an hour Googling it, and then listen to it 23 times again.
Load More Replies...Carry on my Wayward Son. Not only can I listen to it for hours, I have about 10 different covers of it.
Me listening to The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited" on loop for hours.
I’ve been stuck in a loop listening to “Bad Apple” for the past 3 weeks
This is me and the Daycare music, even if I'm not listening to it at that time, it's stuck in my head
Load More Replies...I literally thought I was the o my weirdo who did this. Drives my kids nuts.
I always say "what?", they start to repeat themselves but then my brain catches up and I interrupt them mid-repeat with the answer. Every time and I hate myself for it. Why do I?
It's because you're most likely disassociated at the moment so when someone starts speaking, you kinda come outta your "trance" when they're in midsentence; it's a symptom of PTSD. How do I know this? I am Queen of Disassociation due to severe C-PTSD.
Load More Replies...Why am i like this? I know every detail of the personal lives of the people who sit near me in history class, but I have no idea what my friend told me about... whatever it is she told me.
I can't filter sounds. People have a hard time understanding this until I list all the sounds I am hearing. The look on their face is priceless.
Right?! I'm always wondering what song is going to come out of the blue to catch my ears next...!
Load More Replies...Mine is Bang (AJR) at the moment. Also any of ck9c's Sister Location songs.
Bruuuuuh I had this when I heard Adam’s song by Blink-182 for the first time! Saying that out loud I should prbably be concerned
That's the detail that made it all the more real for me. The only soda a I drink 🥲 (on occasion)
Load More Replies...If I was a cartoon, I could be fashionable too
Load More Replies...IDK who added that on there, it definitely wasn't there originally. There's exactly one reason for a beverage to be in a bag, and soft drinks don't qualify
Load More Replies...Hell? That's easy. The part where I have to walk into a room of 100 people that I have to talk to? A bottle of not pop and that wasn't a cigarette and I'd still consider hell a vacation
Me: Uh, hi. Yeah do you sell - oh - what are they called? - uh, you know - um like pastry sort of thing with cheese and stuff . . .
I called a Fat Panda asking for Chinese food. I mean... ngl it's in the name.
Simple solution: avoid all human interaction, therefore eliminating any chance of being asked to do anything you're not comfortable with
While I can relate, that's not healthy. Like-minded people exist and it's actually nice to be with them.
Load More Replies...As a fairly social person who is just scrolling this for fun, if you are like this, please let that person know how you feel if you really don't want to hang out WELL BEFOREHAND. I have a lot of very introverted friends and nothing is more stressful than trying to get everything and myself ready only for a "Oh sorry im actually not feeling super social today" about 2 minutes before I'm walking out the door. You can be introverted, but also be courteous.
Same. I want the fun times with friends, but I don't want to put in the energy to make it happen. I'm much happier if they come to me and we relax where I can wear my comfy pants and eat snacks.
Load More Replies...I always regret saying I'll go out with people. I'm just content sitting at home.
Me too, but then I end up having fun, but when I'm ready to go, I'm ready to GO.
Load More Replies...me with any appointment, the time leading up to it (if i'm awake) is just waiting
RIP Linda Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, February 16, 1958 – January 28, 2023. EDIT: is not her in the pic
Lovely tribute! For those that may not know, that's Christina Ricci, who most definitely did the character justice!
Load More Replies...Saw a bumper sticker once that said My inner child is a juvenile delinquent
I’m leaving to join the island of cats in Japan or the island with bunnies in Japan…haven’t really determined which one has less humans.
Load More Replies...I swear, that thing gets brighter every year. I can't be doing with all this fast-paced modern light.
And the sun has the sensitivity and good manners to disappear after a while and leave you alone.
Me and my daughter. My daughter will have that same exact look on her face.
Yup. My adult son who lives with me (and has autism). Lol.
Load More Replies...The extrovert who adopted me is a central part of a huge friend group, and she told me I could hang out with her before school, so now I mostly just sit there awkwardly and pretend I'm not terrified of human interaction with extreme extroverts I've never talked to before.
I was friend-adopted by a popular girl in middle school... one of her friends hit me because I bumped into her, and another one called me a b*tch. Anyway, everyone else was cool, and my friend was really nice so whatever, it was just petty seventh-grade drama
Load More Replies...Me waiting for my husband to finish saying hi to all the people he knows that are working today in Costco so we can get the shopping done. Also me when we are leaving and he is complaining about how long shopping took without acknowledging that most of it was spent with him talking to total strangers.
I have a friend and she knows EVERYONE in the school DISTRICT not just the school, and whenever we go to basketball games, (bc that’s what our school is famous for) she HAS to say hi to everyone ✋🏻😭. Small town problems ✌🏻😗
I've found that if you just never react to anything ever, people not only don't expect you to laugh at their jokes, they also just leave you alone! The occasional glare can also speed up the process
That's how I dealt with the bullies in highschool. Saying anything back would just result in more mockery, so I figured out that if I never responded at all and only stared at them like they were something I'd scraped off the bottom of my shoe they would give up and leave me alone. Of course, this meant that when everyone matured enough to stop that kind of nonsense they were pretty shocked to find out I could, in fact, talk.
Load More Replies...People around me tell such amazing jokes but for some reason, I’m not able to laugh like everyone else so all I say is, “good one.” Not sure if this is normal or not
A response is still a boost to their feelings so that's good enough!
Load More Replies...When my husband tells me a joke a I just smile, he says I have no humor, smile again- inside I’m saying ‘ but it wasn’t funny’, I’m a good wife, didn’t want to hurt his feelings
Yeah when my dad tells a joke I do face palm action instead of fake laugh. I hate fake laughing or no acknowledgement at all
Load More Replies...I wished this worked for me, but when you have autism people get all weird when you don't emote and want to try and " fix" you. Spent a great many years learning how to make my face match my emotions to make other humans comfortable because for some reason, if I don't, people tend to talk to me more😳 My partner and I are both on the spectrum so we go the opposite direction: "WOW, THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING ANYONE HAS EVER SAID!!!" People f**k right off then, because they think we're mad🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've taken to just starting a fake laugh, sometimes add a little "that's crazy" and just walk away, everytime, regardless of the conversational content while fading the laugh away.
I have found that tha suet pudding face is guaranteed to stop people bothering you.
its 11:11 , told my 8yo to make a wish.. He wished to work at 711 and the car wash. I've gotta stop giving him unconditional love, stop cooking his favorite meals. he needs to know the struggle is real. (A lil bored panda humor)
Don't change anything his goals are high. 711 is top tier minimum wage
Load More Replies...One of my students just said this. I told them not to do that to themselves or their parents.
Make up your mind, kid. You can be like me, or you can grow up. But not both.
My nephew came to me and told me he had just joined the Army as a cook because he wanted to be like me. Sorry kid, you missed one important part of the scenario. I was an ASA (Army Security Agency) cook, which was a branch long gone by the time he joined. I rarely cooked, and don't really like to cook because when you cook for others, you have to interact with them.
That compliment is genuine if coming from a kid. They usually only see the good in people. The traits they want to emulate. It took me a long time to understand that.
Yup. Another day of working with no sleep. Or will I just call in sick and not worry about sleeping in late.
My comment earlier: "almost 6am. Slept from 9-10 to 12"
Yeah, I don't understand why anyone has their ringer on. Why would you want to hear that? Or talk to someone?
I have no ringtone for texts because it used to stress me out a lot when I heard the beep. And with my current phone I have it in grey tones/black and white from 9pm till 6am. During that time there's also no ringtone for incoming calls. But my phone is not on silent. People just assume it is because so many standard noises are not sounding from my phone. Also, I hate sounds in games so I will mute them. Silence is amazing!
Just to make this absolutely clear, I have a 55 gallon trash can in my room that I can fit in.
Load More Replies...I have never felt so happy that all my relatives live several states away. Now all I have to deal with is "yeah, she's right here, would you like to talk to her?"
Omg this happened today.. My uncle came over to fix my dads car and he came inside the house..I slowly pressed my hand on my room door to close it then lock it. I wasnt in the mood at all to say hi.
*hides under bed* *waits* *jumps outta window to escape route*
Aww thank you and you look …*desperately tries to compliment without sounding weird* ✨existent✨
I just say thank you. Some smile. Some are confused. The ones that are confused worry me. Like, were they expecting me to return a compliment? Am I supposed to lie that I like their mediocre shoes and coat? Am I supposed to push back their compliment with a typical "Oh, yeah, you know.. it's actually pretty ugly. hehe." bs?
I literally cried when my teacher said that we have to do a group presentation with new people other than are friends and that I'll fail the class if I don't participate
Yall i have to take a public speaking class it starts on Monday help 😭😭
The only thing group projects are good for. If you divide up the work correctly the introverts get to do a little extra research and the extroverts do all the talking
For clarity - this is shyness, not introversion. Introverts (and I am one) often enjoy and even prefer doing presentations. It allows us to show off our knowledge and be in control of what's being said, without having any social chit-chat to worry about.
I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be You could be my luck Even if the sky is falling down I know that we'll be safe and sound We're safe and sound I could fill your cup You know my river won't evaporate This world we still appreciate You could be my luck Even in a hurricane of frowns I know that we'll be safe and sound We're safe and sound (safe and sound) We're safe and sound (hold your ground) We're safe and sound (safe and sound) I could show you love In a tidal wave of mystery You'll still be standing next to me You could be my luck Even if we're six feet underground I know that we'll be safe and sound We're safe and sound I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be You could be my luck Even if the sky is falling down I know that we'll be safe and sound I could lift you up I could show you what you want to see And take you where you want to be (Can't fit the rest of the lyrics)
Safe and Sound by X Ambassadors right?
Load More Replies...I am so happy to see there are more of me out there. Like for real, I thought I was alone in these things. Makes my heart happy! Moo!
SuperStore is the most anxiety inducing. All those people lined up behind you, etching forward and trying to force their way by. The cashier scanning things faster than you can bag them. Then you're interrupted to present your points card, offers to donate to a charity and how you want to pay and that you're bagging has to stop so you can pay. Then she hands you your receipt. You keep bagging and someone else's stuff is getting scanned. They need to get by and go back and forth. They want you to move your shopping cart and move out of the way yourself. You continue bagging afterward. Then the next customer is getting scanned and you have to rush now because there's 3 customers who have items now. Everyone's saying to get out of their way. Fed up you just throw everything into the shopping cart and sort it out somewhere else. Then you realize you need more bags. The screaming kids, the beeping, squeaking cart wheels, announcements, music, crashing, slamming, talking, fluorescent lights
I do talk, I argue with you alot..... it's only in my head But who's counting.. oh wait I am... score 11:2 yes you won an imaginary argument twice today but I had more wins so...
I would, but I have a feeling you probably wouldn't understand most of what I have to say
To whoever downvoted me: I'm really sorry, I didn't mean anything offensive, i just meant that the people who tell me I'm too introverted/antisocial might not like what I had to say if I had to courage to actually talk to them
Load More Replies...What does it mean when you use Capital letters mixed up in words? (I'm old you see)
It's basically the text version of a mocking voice tone
Load More Replies...Ah yes, it DOES kind of feels like doing a plank with all the skin removed off your body. /s
This is the best way to understand more about people and how they communicate. It's also how I found that not engaging is the best thing to do.
I don't know where they got this picture of me, but I feel extremely attacked right now
That's me at work. I'm very sociable. They think I'm outgoing. Helloooo that's just WORK. After work, leave me the f**k alone.
Yeah, same. I can do customer service at work but then I get home and just want to sleep for three hours.
Load More Replies..."I'm a very personable person who likes helping people." Get the job and now working among people: Customer: "Excuse me. Do you have the key to washroom?" Me: "Uh.. yeah... um. I have to go put this pile of clothes in my arms away. I'm on a time limit here. But sure.... hold on." Actually thinking: (Ffs, why couldn't you go to the washroom before you left home? Do I look like I have time to be your personal washroom attendant? Why can't someone else do this?)
And this is why I finally retired. 30 years of that s**t was enough.
Haha so true interviewer to me: " can u perform under pressure?" " i'm better at Bohemian Rhapsody but i'll give it a try?"...
Had an interview for a position in an Elementary school, Principal asks me what my weakness is, I tell him patience. He says well that is important when working with kids. Me: Oh, I have all the patience in the world for kids, it's stupid adults I have a problem with. Didn't get the position, but was already working there to begin with LOL
If the lyrics from the songs I've been listening to start applying to my life, I would be hella concerned
Unforbidden shadows of you formed yesterday I ran away to a room here on the bay Interrupted life again, another new beginning Where the silence echoes You're no longer with me Here and now I feel that I'm embracing freedom Even though I may be alone But that's okay Through the darkness I would walk in the streets Confessions never seemed To provide me with a release Held me down and tried to cure me Tried to give me reason But nothing could separate This burdened mind from me - "Poem to Byzantium" by Delerium
"So then I went to Pennsylvania to visit my aunt" "was this at thanksgiving?" "No, this was at Christmas" "well what did you do at Thanksgiving?" "I hung out with my friend." "Which friend, the one you met last September or the one who randomly ghosted you for 2 months then suddenly started acting like you were besties again?"
Why is it people have to talk about our lives to each other? Why not the cool things happening in the world or something of interest. Not everyone wants to here about grandpa's bladder treatments.
What is stopping you from discussing those things? Absolutely nothing.
Load More Replies...Went to work, tuck children out to places that's it I never do anything else stop asking
But, I’m afraid of dogs. Am I really that bad? I know that they won’t do anything to me yet I still feel so scared
I'm also afraid of dogs, ever since one killed my brother's cat when I was three, and I can assure you that you are not a bad person! I think posts like these are refering to people who look at dogs and go "ew, gross, dogs are disgusting and I absolutely hate them for absolutely no reason."
Load More Replies...I avoid these too. Can we hang out? I'll bring my dog, some Eagle Rare, quesadillas, and peanut butter cups
Friend: It’s cold. Friend’s bf, with three damn scarves and big jacket: Well damn cuz I don’t control the weather.
I'm not antisocial! I just really like sitting in corners while wearing solid black and super heavy eyeliner and glaring at everyone who tries to come near me...
I'm super talkative around my four friends, and I will cry if I have to talk to anyone else
Load More Replies...Some people really need to see what others see. Yes, you look like you're about to go off on somebody!!
Where did you get a copy of my schedule? I'm pretty sure I said that was private...
I’ve been given so many secrets that they’re all jumbled up so the risk of ever spilling them out is very low
I'm actually super good at keeping secrets, I just have no one to gossip with
A lot of people are work used to tell me stuff because I didn't gossip. In reality, I didn't listen, so i couldn't gossip.
Load More Replies...Me who can't take a selfie because of my crippling hatred of myself
Oh come now, you’re not as bad as you think. Your comments suggest that you’re a quite nice person
Load More Replies...That's the way to do it. Boy, does it p**s families off though. My daughter's dad side, there's one guy who rarely shows up for family events. The family just gossips and assumes the worst. I've met him a couple times and he's a chill dude. I can understand where he's coming from.
I really really REALLY want this bus for reason I don't know how to explain
hahaha this was me for a long time untill i realized i was doing this, and worked on it. Still not perfect, but a lot better!
You sound like the least narcissistic, self-absorbed and unaware person on this cursed website.
Load More Replies...That would actually be a fun way to do so rather than awkward silence, fake smile, (me) and 'okay nice meeting you ' (from the other person)
You should have that third slice of cake. You're welcome.
Load More Replies...I love both of those movies! (If they're the movies I'm think of, at least)
Hi, fellow weirdling! 👋 *crawls back into my hole with my cat*
Load More Replies...Unacceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yo weirdlings ! *gives a head nod up and then slinks back into the darkness*
*Thinking about my awesome friend who shares my penchant for random, temporary obsessions*
Nope, already in my staying home clothes. 'But you haven't changed' I said what I said.
I-i uhh can I get a number sweet tea with chicken strips to drink oh and add fries to that yep yep uhh fries large mhm no
Starbucks: Hi! Welcome to Starbucks! May I take your order? Me: I’d like to order a verde chocolate mocha and a side of hasbrowns
Or as my brother likes to call it, "clock app"
Load More Replies...I don’t have TikTok or any kind of social media. Life is much less stressful.
If you’re doing it for toxic people then it’s great, keep it up but if it’s for the normal friends in your life, I think it’s more than just introversion and you might have depression or anxiety
This needs to be way higher. This is every single work conversation, meeting, call, interaction, when a set of eyes turns to me.
and then you be like the most exciting s**t that happened to me is i discovered microwaveing potaotoes.
That is also a Southern thing. Head nod, raised eyebrows, or the two finger while driving wave.
Load More Replies...LOL I impulsively shook my managers hand after I got hired right at the end of the interview. She was dumbstruck confused then hesitantly shook my hand cos I came off so confident or old school. I had worries for the rest of the day because I remembered how dry and rough my hands were and thought she would retract her decision based on that alone.
Load More Replies...Not me doing this to everyone... they wave and I wave my eyebrows
That person from the past shaped the wonderful person you are today. Think of the progress you’ve made since then. You’ve grown a lot as a person so give yourself a pat on the back for coming this far
That's not such a bad thing, means you've grown and learned in those years.
Used to talk? STILL do! I called my boss, and bosses boss, bullies in a meeting yesterday. Now I don't know if I'm going in on Monday!
Should be higher up. This is most mornings, before the Adderall kicks in.
My conditioner understands, I get much more judgement from the unused bar of oddly scented soap my mom got for christmas 6 years ago
Me, who doesn't have social media and rarely talks to people anyway:
I wish my mum was still around. I'd let her drag me anywhere :-(
Just looking at this picture gave me comfort and I relaxed.
Some people say it's not. I say it's embracing your inner child. I'm 36 and I approve this message.
Load More Replies...Not me. I’d have to to rehearse in my head how to ask him gently , politely…trying not to be a “Karen”…but oh my gosh this steak is well done ! Wait, wait….he’s walking away…speak stupid, open thy mouth ! Oh c**p . Now I have to flag him down and he’s too far away… And I’m so hungry right now !! That’s what happens to me lol
Let us know how that works out for you
Load More Replies...Illustrates the utter self-absorption of this thread and most of the people commenting on it. "Me, me, me, me". Some of the memes have been upsetting e.g. the cat trapped behind glass, but just like this picture, the little narcissists don't even notice. Just another chance to spout "Oh yeah, this is ME!"
Load More Replies...I actually do wake up early. I just don't necessarily *get* up, unless I have to be somewhere.
My family does that until they realize that I just didn't/couldn't sleep
I feel sad that a lot of people associate being introverted with being antisocial... You can be an introvert without hating interacting with people, introversion just means you need to recharge your social batteries often.
I hate that BP confuses introverted with socially awkward. But I am at the extreme end of introversion and I am anti-social. Like most things introversion/extroversion is a spectrum.
Load More Replies...Another list of "introvert" memes, with many being depression or anxiety disorders. If you feel like that, get treatment.
That requires talking to someone. Also, one can have treatment/medication and still experience these things. It's pretty crappy of you to blanket diagnose people like that.
Load More Replies...This got very old and very depressing very quickly. It's funny (in a bitter way) for a while, and it's nice to know you're not alone with your pathetic malfunctions, but it's not cool or edgy to be like this. It really isn't something that should be encouraged or celebrated. Signed, an anti-social, introverted being with social anxiety who relates to a lot of these.
Keep it up BP! I love these! I've decided after reading some of the comments that it's a gift to be able to laugh at oneself. This kind of content keeps this INFJ on meds for social anxiety/depression laughing!
I feel sad that a lot of people associate being introverted with being antisocial... You can be an introvert without hating interacting with people, introversion just means you need to recharge your social batteries often.
I hate that BP confuses introverted with socially awkward. But I am at the extreme end of introversion and I am anti-social. Like most things introversion/extroversion is a spectrum.
Load More Replies...Another list of "introvert" memes, with many being depression or anxiety disorders. If you feel like that, get treatment.
That requires talking to someone. Also, one can have treatment/medication and still experience these things. It's pretty crappy of you to blanket diagnose people like that.
Load More Replies...This got very old and very depressing very quickly. It's funny (in a bitter way) for a while, and it's nice to know you're not alone with your pathetic malfunctions, but it's not cool or edgy to be like this. It really isn't something that should be encouraged or celebrated. Signed, an anti-social, introverted being with social anxiety who relates to a lot of these.
Keep it up BP! I love these! I've decided after reading some of the comments that it's a gift to be able to laugh at oneself. This kind of content keeps this INFJ on meds for social anxiety/depression laughing!
