How Would You Define Being An Introvert?
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I think introversion exists on a spectrum. For example, an extreme extrovert might go crazy if they have to spend even five minutes alone, while extreme introverts are hermits. Personally, I enjoy talking to people who I have at least some common interests with, but I need a lot of time to recharge. This is why I hate family vacations, during which I hardly have any privacy. To be perfectly honest, I could socialize with people just once a week and be perfectly satisfied, but if I go months without talking to anyone, even I start to go a little crazy. Even though I’m an introvert, I struggle with loneliness because the balance in my life isn’t right. I think introverts struggle with making friends because we struggle with small talk. I don’t like talking just for the sake of talking; it has to be meaningful.
I am 55 years old and just recently learned the best explanation, in my opinion, about what does it mean to be an introvert. And that explanation is: extroverts need the energy of other people to function. They need to be the center of attention, the heart of the party. Introverts get tired of being surrounded by people and need to be alone to recharge.
I like to be an introvert. It was hard in school when I had to work in groups for school projects, or going to the prom and I had to ask someone to go with me. I think extroverts talk to much about nothing.
Additionally, if you check the myers-briggs personality test you will learn that a lot of leaders are or were introverts, such as:
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks
Mark Zuckenberg
Elon Musk
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Maddison
Truman, Eisenhower, even Nixon. Can you believe it? and so many more. I think the smartest people are introverts.
I’m an introvert and just talking to people makes me exhausted. I have two close friends and it’s enough for me. I do have depression but even before that I have always been an introvert. I enjoy my time alone.
I'm an introvert I have some friends but prefer to not have a lot of friends and yes its true us introverts enjoy decompressing by ourselves that's only a brief explanation
How do you tell an extrovert computer programmer? He stares at YOUR shoes!
I would describe an introvert as someone who prefers being alone most of the time, has their battery drained by socializing, and gets it recharged by spending time alone.
I’m definitely an introvert and I think that the biggest misconception is that introverts don’t want to be around or socialize with anyone period. This is not true for most introverts we do need some human connection but we also don’t need a million friends just a few close ones, family, and maybe even a romantic partner. Personally I could hangout with someone once or twice a month and feel satisfied being completely alone for the rest of that month. Basically introverts prefer quality over quantity.
I am not an introvert. But that being said there are times when I need my ALONE time. I have raised 2 boys and 1 was an "extrovert" and 1 was an "introvert" I was given the label of being hyperactive as a child. I found that both kids regardless of the label society may put on them that they both like being with people and there are times when they want to do things alone. I find the BIGGEST PROBLEM is the fact that we can get pigeon holed into being what others SAY we are. As I have gone through different phases of my life and watching my children go through them also I think society is just too obsessed with wanting overly defined answers for things that exist in a large area of gray. The answers are not black and white and human beings are not just one or the other but a complex combination. so at the end of this long ramble, I think it is possible to be both at the same time even if that doesn't simplify things. we don't live in a simple world. I can be picky about who I hang out with just because I don't enjoy what may be termed an acquaintance, I personally prefer a more committed relationship with my friends. I want to know they are not just "FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS" cause if that's all they are then I would rather do things by myself cause I get tired of always helping them and they don't return the favor when I may need assistance.
I am most definitely an ambivert , 50% intro and 50% extro. Rather than labels these terms explain a lot in few syllables. :)
Introvert here. Yeah smal talk is a JOKE to us. We don't seek validation all the time and don't see the point in talking about doing things; instead of exactly spending that same ENERGY DOING THE THING. Socializing is useless; unless there is a objective or meaning in our encounter and not simpley for the sake of it. 95% Of what people talk about is meaningless and useless. "I let out my dog yesterday', 'i brought my kid to school and what a lovely weather it was' , 'I'm going to eat a tuna sandwich' NOBODY CARES KAREN*. Our conversation needs to have meaning like: 'What is the point our existence' "Nah, you think to much' *EXTROVERT reply*
Hey. I am an ambivert. Most people are ambiverted. Intros and extros are rare. There is a spectrum, a range.
Dear Kenny,
You are not 100% introvert. I think I am more introvert than you because I don't think I can talk in videos like the way you do. I think my face would get so red if I make a youtube video and I think I would stutter the whole time. And even in my situation, I consider myself a 65% introvert.
Lol bruh that’s the weirdest logic I’ve ever heard it’s talking to a camera so it’s still introverted
I'm a total introvert, not by my choice, just been totally lonely since I gave up booze 10 years ago, now they think I'm boring... I'm an introvert with too much energy, so I go out all night dumpster diving... A lot of people like being alone, I do, because you get a lot more done without people around me all the time... I'm used to it after so many years... 😃👍
I love ppl and enjoy the company and deep conversations. Yet I must have my time alone to recharge, to have the energy to comfortably adapt to new experiences…
It depends on who am with and trust, then am myself. You explained it really well. I get overwhelmed too, the more ppl in a room, the more my anxiety starts. Am in a small town now, and I feel everyone’s eyes on me. Just moved here. Am very private, and I don’t like gossip, either. COVID-19 hasn’t helped to make friends. But, am scared to have a falling out with someone then the whole town will hate me. So I think there’s nothing wrong with being careful.
I am an introvert, I love people and the connections I have but I need that time to recharge. I put a lot of my energy into interaction but the alone time is how I get it back. I think I'm very nice and friendly but I do have a BS detector on high alert. I've occasionally been brushed off as rude, I was working outside once when a lady came by and wanted a conversation about religion. I let her rant or whatever but she got offended when I turned away to keep an eye on my job, which, you know, didn't end just because a stranger started talking to me. She then accused me of being "unhappy," which I mean, I was fine, but I was busy and trying to stay alert, I had no interest in engaging in her subject of conversation, and she wasn't friendly. Maybe I would have given a nicer person a little more leeway but sometimes some people rub me the wrong way right off the bat. Anyway, that's my story, haha.
I have HFA.
I believe it has to do with your thought process and how you gain energy. For me, introverts think internally and quietly and build energy alone (to spend with others), but they're not necessarily shy or quiet, etc.. Extroverts gain energy with others, to spend when they're alone. I consider myself an introvert. I'm very sociable, but I get completely drained when I spend too much time with other people.
That said, I would love to see your impressions about introversion on the channel!
Definitions told to me by a psychiatrist:
Introverts get energy/recharge while being alone.
Extroverts get energy/recharge while being with other people.
Introversion has nothing to do with being shy and thus the term is very much misused. I for example am an outgoing introvert. I have no problem talking to strangers when I'm out in public at all. However, if I'm around people too often (or with too many people), I become drained and get depressed and need alone time to get my energy back. In fact, the pandemic was actually mostly positive for me and my mental health (not being around people all the time was great, and actually my FOMO was never lower/better).
I have a friend who is a shy extrovert. She ALWAYS needs to be around many, many people or she gets depressed. However, she is in fact shy and isn't a big talker, especially with people she has just met.
Thanks!
thank you very much!