You belong here with all of us other introverts.  And if I do say so myself, you're belonging really well.  I really am the exact same way.  My mother and I just had a very long talk about what happens when I move back home after a year all to myself mostly.  She's worried I'll have trouble re-adjusting to people.

I know how you feel.  Just...don't leave for extended periods of time.  Because believe it or not, I'd miss you if you were gone.  And I'm pretty sure other people would too.  You're one of us.  Accept it, bro.

Yes, you belong here with the rest of us who don't feel like we belong out with the huge groups and the masses either. I hate large groups and always feel like i don't have much to contribute but in small groups it of likeminded people i can have fun and just be me. hope you'll stick around with your stories and keep being a part of the group here for a long time to come.

Thanks, you guys! <3

you know i claimed you as part of my pack ages ago right babe?

*hugs*

As an introvert myself, I found this clip pretty much sums up the way I engage with others.  

GA is a good place for introverts.  You can kinda come and go at will and someone's always around if you want to talk.  Or not talk.  

Not all those points really fit me, I think. I talk to people at parties, for instance. However, at bigger parties I tend to be among those who sit chatting in the kitchen rather than those tearing it up in the living room. And I don't feel anxiety about going out, seeing lots of people. I even look forward to it when I'm in the right state of mind. But too much just feels like a hassle, and I love having an excuse to leave early.

I really like this chart. I'm so sick of having people tell me I'm shy. I'm not shy. Anyone who actually knows me knows I'm not the least bit shy. I just like being on my own, and when I've been around people for a while I need to recharge.

for a 25 year old you sound like you have like 16 year old friends..... ;3

My friends are generally between 18 and 40 years old. Some older than that, too. This has nothing to do with my friends. My friends are perfectly normal. Well, I say normal...

Anyway, it's not like I haven't got close friends. I have an immediate circle that I'm very close with and where this isn't an issue. This is a question of new groups I enter. My classes at school and university, colleagues in a work place, etc.

U definitely belong with all of us Thorn!

*hugses*

Well, it depends. If you sign off and walk away from us, i dont wanna say what i will do. Maybe give you a good old thrashing. But seeing that i friended you i must say this. I dont make friends for a day or a week. I like to keep them. So stay with us and build on that. I have lost one too many friends on GA, first Nathan, then Roan, and Vic. Life is far too short to not have friends. Friends are the sunshine of my life. Group pressure is sometimes overwhelming. But our brains kick in to belong. You belong here bro.

Where do you guys get off being so wonderful? Thank you all and hugs all around! <3

On 6/23/2013 at 1:25 PM, Thorn Wilde said:

I really like this chart.

I’m kind of all over the place on your chart. I’m mostly in the Introverted column, but I lean towards shy in some cases. I think there are people who see various aspects of me and think I’m in the other two categories too. Some straight people think I’m Obnoxious because I talk about being Gay, but I never talk about what I do in the bedroom like they do. When I get to talk about certain subjects, I can seem Extroverted, but I’m really not.

I have generalized anxiety that exasperates my Introversion too.

I have trouble making friends IRL. But I talk to people all the time when I’m waiting in lines or for transit. I go way out of my way to avoid sounding like I’m hitting on anybody because I don’t want to lead on any women and I don’t want to get beaten up by an insecure man. But I’m probably flirtier than I intend on occasion.  ;–)

38 minutes ago, droughtquake said:

I’m kind of all over the place on your chart. I’m mostly in the Introverted column, but I lean towards shy in some cases. I think there are people who see various aspects of me and think I’m in the other two categories too. Some straight people think I’m Obnoxious because I talk about being Gay, but I never talk about what I do in the bedroom like they do. When I get to talk about certain subjects, I can seem Extroverted, but I’m really not.

 

I have generalized anxiety that exasperates my Introversion too.

 

I have trouble making friends IRL. But I talk to people all the time when I’m waiting in lines or for transit. I go way out of my way to avoid sounding like I’m hitting on anybody because I don’t want to lead on any women and I don’t want to get beaten up by an insecure man. But I’m probably flirtier than I intend on occasion.  ;–)

When I learned that I was bipolar, a lot of things fell into place. Namely why, even though I'm introvert, I sometimes become super social and chatty to the point of annoying people around me. Hypomania does that, lol! And depression makes me even more introvert, to the point of shyness and just completely shutting people out. Anxiety makes me shy. It's odd, shifting so much, but at least now I know why.

I was checked for all sorts of things in two separate rounds of psychological tests. I don’t ever experience hypomania. But I do get very involved when I can talk about a few select topics. My therapists could never understand how I could be so Out when I was homeless and not be able to use that same energy in other aspects of my life.  ;–)