Introvert/Extravert Study

ScaredToBreathe

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Hi! So I've known about and studied introversion and extraversion for years but I'd like to review and study feedback people give related to their dominant personality type.

Before you answer my questions, please understand what an introvert and extravert actually is, as there are many misconceptions about those terms.

INTROVERT - is someone who gets "recharged" or gains energy when they spend time alone, and feels better after having alone time. They also easily get tired or worn out by spending a lot of time in social situations, even with friends. (Though they can enjoy friends and social events as long as they take place in shorter periods of time, or have breaks in between to be alone).

EXTAVERT - is someone who gets energized from being around people and taking part in social events. They tire out and feel worn down when they spend too much time isolated from others; they can enjoy having alone time, but they thrive when spending their time with others.

It is a MYTH that all introverts are shy, unsocial, and not talkative, and that all extroverts are outgoing, talkative, and have many friends.
Also, no one is completely intro/extraverted, usually in between, though one tends to dominate over their personality more than the other.

Please answer:
1. Do you consider yourself an introvert or extravert based on the above definitions?
2. Do you have few (less than 5) friends or many (5+) friends? And of those friends, how many do you believe you have very close, meaningful friendships with? (If you can't think of any friends, please replace with family members. Are you distant from fam and relatives, or are you very close with any family member(s)?)
3. How many long-term (a year or more) friendships did you have in your life that were meaningful to you at the time they took place? (these friendships could have since ended, but you felt close with these people when you were their friend).
4. What describes your social life the best: a) you are popular or recognized among many of your peers, have many acquaintances or people you casually hang out with time to time, or spend your time in groups of many friends.
b) you have one or very few people you spend your time with or share friendship with, but feel very close to them, and feel mutual trust and loyalty with them.
5. How many close friends (or friends you believed you were close to) have purposely betrayed your trust, or ended the friendship badly? (ex. over an argument/peer pressure etc).
6. Did you graduate high school?
7. Did you complete or are currently attending a post-secondary institution? (College/university. Or if you're still in high school you are going to go to college/uni).
8. What do you plan to have as a career? (Or, if you have a profession and currently no future career plans, what are you employed as now?)
9. Is your outlook on your future life mostly optimistic or pessimistic? And why?
10. Do you have reasonable, practical goals (long and short term) that you plan on accomplishing at some point?
11. Do you consider yourself to be more pragmatic, logical, and fact-driven than others, or more assertive, emotional, and driven by personal beliefs?
12. After sitting down and thinking about a recent argument or situation that has genuinely made you very upset/angry, do you more often try to find a way to resolve the conflict, or do you feel that there is no way you are going to get involved with it again (leave it be)? Also, should a situation like this arise, are you usually the one to be the first to apologize to the person you argued with, even if you didn't start the argument in the first place? Or would you wait for that person to apologize to you? (or refuse their apology/ignore them).

Thanks in advance for answering!!! You can include any comments, stories, or feelings you have related to this topic! BTW, I am an introvert.
 
1. Do you consider yourself an introvert or extravert based on the above definitions?
Introvert

2. Do you have few (less than 5) friends or many (5+) friends? And of those friends, how many do you believe you have very close, meaningful friendships with? (If you can't think of any friends, please replace with family members. Are you distant from fam and relatives, or are you very close with any family member(s)?)
< 5 friends. I guess I'm fairly close with some people, but I can't say that I'm very close with anyone. I think I keep a distance for some reason

3. How many long-term (a year or more) friendships did you have in your life that were meaningful to you at the time they took place? (these friendships could have since ended, but you felt close with these people when you were their friend).
Very few

4. What describes your social life the best: a) you are popular or recognized among many of your peers, have many acquaintances or people you casually hang out with time to time, or spend your time in groups of many friends.
b) you have one or very few people you spend your time with or share friendship with, but feel very close to them, and feel mutual trust and loyalty with them.

b describes best, but it isn't ideal

5. How many close friends (or friends you believed you were close to) have purposely betrayed your trust, or ended the friendship badly? (ex. over an argument/peer pressure etc).
one, maybe, at a time when I was distancing myself from old friendships anyway

6. Did you graduate high school?
dropped out of year 11

7. Did you complete or are currently attending a post-secondary institution? (College/university. Or if you're still in high school you are going to go to college/uni).
yes, I have three college equivalent qualifications

8. What do you plan to have as a career? (Or, if you have a profession and currently no future career plans, what are you employed as now?)
feeling dead in the water career wise right now. I've never really wanted a "career" as such, anyway

9. Is your outlook on your future life mostly optimistic or pessimistic? And why?
pessimistic, I'm going backwards in life
10. Do you have reasonable, practical goals (long and short term) that you plan on accomplishing at some point?
I don't have the energy for goals right now, it all gets used up trying to keep mentally afloat, so no

11. Do you consider yourself to be more pragmatic, logical, and fact-driven than others, or more assertive, emotional, and driven by personal beliefs?
A bit of both, hard, verifiable facts and evidence are important to me, but my head seems to be controlled by emotions

12. After sitting down and thinking about a recent argument or situation that has genuinely made you very upset/angry, do you more often try to find a way to resolve the conflict, or do you feel that there is no way you are going to get involved with it again (leave it be)? Also, should a situation like this arise, are you usually the one to be the first to apologize to the person you argued with, even if you didn't start the argument in the first place? Or would you wait for that person to apologize to you? (or refuse their apology/ignore them).
It depends on who the conflict is with. Some people are too set in their ways, so it ain't worth the effort
 
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