Lavinialuna
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Oh Lord, I just took another one and it says I am ENFJ. Who knows? lol! That is quite a jump!
Do you consider yourself an introvert, or an extrovert?
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Opaline
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You're probably an ambivert
Ree
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Same here! I enjoy the company of others and I even get hyped up and silly too at times haha, but I also enjoy my time alone, thinking and chilling and doing other non-social things. I'm pretty happy with both
I have also had introverted and extroverted friends, and we got along fineLavinialuna
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It's settled then, I'll call myself an ambivert
Livemylife
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My introversion was not caused by social anxiety. I'm probably an introvert by nature. However, I'm sure my upbringing had an impact on my personality and lack of a need for socializing. I hesitate to call myself introverted because I actually have 0 interest in people in general. This seems to go beyond introversion and resembles autism more (I'm not autistic though). Now a lack of interest does not mean I "hate" people or anything. (They do give me many reasons to as they attack me just because they hate anyone they can't understand.) I'd say the connection between my SA and "introversion" is the fear of people and suddenly being attacked for being myself. And yes it does happen, including on here. That and the fact that people are so unpredictable and illogical I never know what they'll do or say next. I think my SA is a result of shock after various interactions with my "conspecifics."
zonnyisbored
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I felt like there was instances when i was a child where i was confident and others where i was shy, but mostly i was just shy.
I feel ya man! Being young can be traumatizing. Especially when you are alone and no-one helps you.
I think this is all very subjective and the definition of introvert and extrovert is open to interpretation. I don't even really know what they mean. I do know that i am probably an introvert, as are most people on this forum.
Sounds very similar to my life. I felt like my depression and anxiety has decreased since my teenage years.
People don't really irritate me but i just think that they suck and have no personality. They all act the same.
zonnyisbored
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Oops. I just realized i am responding to oldish posts. Still relevant though.
zonnyisbored
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I'm not sure the person who made this thread thought it through.
zonnyisbored
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Maybe they did...
dottie
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.
Lavinialuna
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actually, the reason I started the post was because I myself am more of an extrovert and was wondering if any others were also extroverts (because it is obviously more rare.) But like I mentioned, I have been noticing more introverted qualities in myself as my anxiety progressed.
I am pretty sure being introverted is a personality trait, not a word to describe social phobia.
I am pretty sure being introverted is a personality trait, not a word to describe social phobia.
dottie
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Extroversion and socialphobia are incongruent. An extrovert is someone who is energized being around people. These are people who look forward to interacting with other people. Because of the nature of socialphobia being utterly draining and us socialphobes tending to want to flee from interaction, it falls under introversion.
zonnyisbored
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Yeah i guess it's very subjective, or maybe we all need to look up the definition of introverted and extroverted.
We are kind of discussing something that will just go around in circles.
dottie
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Woops, looks like I missed the first few pages.
Graeme1988
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Introverted as f _ _ k - that's me! :bigsmile: Or mibbe am "just shy" :thinking: Naw! That cannae be it...
Ah don't say much either - kinda keep tae masel' fur the maist part. Over the year ah've kinda kept ma social interaction tae a minimum. Ma reason fur that being partly humilation and embarrassment whenever am in a social situations - due tae me bein' akward as f _ _ k. And ma family constantly sayin' "Oooh, this'll be funny" afore ah say summit. Apparently ah huv a very deadpan tone uh voice. Ah could make a livin' amusin' drunken punters fur a few hours if ah hud the confidence. Aw naw, am startin' tae ramble on - ah'll, eh, shut ma gob now.
Ah don't say much either - kinda keep tae masel' fur the maist part. Over the year ah've kinda kept ma social interaction tae a minimum. Ma reason fur that being partly humilation and embarrassment whenever am in a social situations - due tae me bein' akward as f _ _ k. And ma family constantly sayin' "Oooh, this'll be funny" afore ah say summit. Apparently ah huv a very deadpan tone uh voice. Ah could make a livin' amusin' drunken punters fur a few hours if ah hud the confidence. Aw naw, am startin' tae ramble on - ah'll, eh, shut ma gob now.
Lavinialuna
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I did find this, if it helps anyone.
I am naturally an extrovert who has adopted introverted ways because of life trauma. Introversion was not me origionally.
What is an Extrovert?
I am naturally an extrovert who has adopted introverted ways because of life trauma. Introversion was not me origionally.
What is an Extrovert?