Are you introverted?

[proserpina]

So, so introverted, though most people don't believe me when I say it as I'm still a pretty expressive and open person in a lot of ways. I can feel very awkward and pressured to think of things to say when with one person or a really small group especially, and I do still feel very much that being around people and indulging interaction with them in itself tires me and I need to recharge by being alone. Some days I do find it to be just too much effort and too much of a push out of my comfort zone to even talk at much length to people unless I absolutely have to, and even talking to my own best friends can feel like too much to do for a little bit if I've been busy or tired. I couldn't go days without talking to anyone in any way and be okay with that, but my fundamental nature is that other people = effort and I can't always afford too much of that mental energy expenditure, so to speak.

 

[Maniacal Engineer]

Yes. It's the only thing the Myers-Briggs test is sure about when I take it.

 

[LordGarcholf]

Yes, it's my most obvious trait - the super long wiring in my brain. It's been a major disadvantage in my life, but I don't think being introvert is a bad thing; every disadvantage has an equal advantage! Sure I get frustrated and irritated easily by loud and bossy people and speaking taking too much my energy, but not all people get things done on their own. That's what I'm grateful for everyday, someone like me learns that skill naturally.
Independency and quiet alone time are a necessities for my happy living and life is quite independent learning process in my case. Ambiverting (which would be me extraverting but still kinda failing in it) would happen if going through lots of stress. It might also occur when around friends but still need that quiet hamster ball time, otherwise I'll turn into an angry beast.

Spoiler

Hate explaining that I'm not angry at someone just because I like being alone and don't smile at them all the time. Dislike spending time to find the right words before the subject changes for others/getting into a fight because I didn't. Hate explaining people on the internet I'm not angry if there are no smileys in my messages. Not sure where people get the latter picture though. o_0'

 

[LivingAngryCheese]

I'm weird. I am slightly introverted, even though I'm loud and not afraid to express my thoughts. For example, I might be loud, but I don't like being the centre of attention, I naturally avoid the centre of the room, I like to keep a large amount of personal space between me and friends, strangers, people I know with no attachment to etc. I also need a break after socialising for a while and I find it literally physically tiring.

 

[Sword Master]

I am not fully introverted, but I sometimes can be. So yes.

 

[Zexy]

Quite introverted, the Myers-Briggs test agrees. Although online I can open up much more.

 

[dragon_nataku]

I'm really very very shy. I am less shy now than before and it's usually pretty situational. I refuse to speak Japanese or try to speak Korean in front of my boyfriend cause he's fluent in both and aaaahhhh, you can ask me anything you want in class if I'm sitting in my seat and I'll be fine but if you make me stand up in front of a group of people aaaaahhhhh, and if someone tries to pay me a compliment I am just so confused~

I don't really have a problem talking to strangers though, so it's literally just shyness, not social anxiety disorder (despite what my dad tried to tell me, wtf dad. I don't need more problems~).

 

[Deleted member 72389]

I am extremely shy and introverted, and I hardly talk to people in real life. Although I open up more when I am online.

 

[noworry]

I seem very introverted, but I don't know. I feel like I'm right in the middle. I love being alone, and people can be rather exhausting, but at the same time I really like being around them, and I tend to get tired of being alone over longer periods too. I think I'd go for ambivert, or introvert that likes people?

EDIT: Noticed that I posted here three years ago or so LOL. But yeah, this answer is more detailed so whatever.

 

[Life]

I kinda felt like my answer to this has changed so I took 2 different tests - the first one (which was 80 questions) said I was extroverted, and then I took a 10 question one that said I was an ambivert.

I trust the in-depth one more, though I'm still not sure I'm a text-book definition extrovert. However I definitely would consider myself having extroverted tendencies with the mentality/mood of an introvert!!

 

[Aozora]

Yes very, I really value my alone time

 

[CherubCookie]

I'm pretty happy in situations where I'm alone, and happy with situations that I am with many other people in social situations. I like having both and that suits my pretty middle-of-the-road opinion on most things.

That said, if I had to pick one or the other I'd say I swing more towards extroverted than introverted.

 

[FinalArcadia]

Incredibly introverted. I get exhausted around people and I enjoy being alone (aside from immediate family) for the most part. It's part of why I'm such a flake even online where I tend to just up and disappear for awhile (I even do that here quite a bit oops... it's never anyone else's fault, it's just that I'm very weird with interacting with others lol). At least disappearing is possible online, whereas IRL it's harder to handle since I can't just abruptly leave a conversation if I'm feeling tired, under too much pressure, or just not into it lol. I kinda have to move at my own pace and I struggle and panic when I feel "cornered" in socializing. I also like to "plan" my words out in advance as a perfectionist and that is very difficult to do in the real world, even moreso without sounding like a robot lol. but seriously, I do feel bad though when I take an eternity and a half to respond to people online, it honestly eats away at me sometimes feeling guilty about it :/

That said, I do enjoy conversations about certain topics and I can get really into them. People who also get really into them are easier for me to talk to because I can feel a common ground between us. Though in those cases I worry that I get too excited about the topic and ramble way too much and take over the conversation ahaha...

 

[Juliko]

Yep. Definitely. I'm mostly shy around people I don't know. But if I find that they're nice or have the same interests as I do, I'm able to open up to them if I feel they're trustworthy. I do admit, I hate shaking people's hands. I never liked it, and I still hate it, though people still force me to do so because it's considered a proper greeting. I can't stand it when people I don't know touch me!

 

[Revenge of the Boyega]

I'm a very strange combination of both. In that way, I can sort of relate to Adam Driver in the sense that one moment I hardly talk or smile and can't find anything to say, but at other times I'm way too informative and ask people things like "HAVE YOU GOT ANY EGGS?!!"
Basically, I really do want to talk to people. I'm itching to know them because humans are such a source of glorious fascination to me, and the fact that each one is completely individual is just... it's amazing. I'm overwhelmed. But I don't have the chance often, and when I do there is just never a time to offer anything to the conversation. The pace is either too fast, or jagged and the topics change and you get pretty badly traumitized when you say something funny, but they ask you to repeat it twice because they didn't hear you properly because you are a congested freak of nature...
Where's my noose?
But I'm a social caterpillar, who is going to evolve.

 

[colours]

I'm very introverted, which surprises a lot of people when I tell them irl but this is because i try to put on somewhat of an extroverted front. I do this because well... I kinda have to working in customer service, but as soon as I'm done with any work shift for the day, I'm just tired and burned out and don't really want to talk to anyone for the rest of the day. @_@

 

[Rocket Zigzagoon]

Quite depending on situations.
I prefer to be a loner even tho I am more outdoorsy. A bit of phobic and apathetic towards flora and fauna since I used to city life.

 

[KomalaKeegz89]

I am for the most part introverted, but I have mood swings that make me a little extroverted.

Quite introverted. I don't mind social interaction (except if I'm presenting in front a big group or something similar to those types of situations). I simply like activities I can do on my own for the most part. I also feel drained after I get home, so I recharge by getting some alone time. I like night time for this very reason--it is quiet and calm.

Ditto, this is me 100%