Introvert ≠ antisocial. Introvert means when you’ve had a long day you want to go home and be by yourself. You can still be outgoing and sociable.
Shy + Introvert = You don’t want to meet people or go out
Lazy + Introvert = You are good with people but they should outweigh the culmination of tired you will feel after going out
How do you learn to like being around people?
For me, the first step is meeting people that I actually would not mind being around with. And people who are actually fun to be with, and do activities with that I want to do, but I can’t do alone.
And then keeping in mind that most people I’d meet aren’t really out to hurt me. Most won’t help me either, but either way, they’re just minding their own business and that I’m just another person to them, at least at the start.
And finally, learning the art of when not to give a fuck (and when to). I still suck at it though.
For me it was fixing my boundaries so that I wasn’t always getting abused when I interacted with people.
When things got fair, and I learned how to respond when things weren’t fair, in a way that made them more likely to be fair later, I found myself much less drained by interactions with people.
This is true, I concur. However, I won’t last for however as long as extroverts being with other people continuously. Give me some time to breathe every once in a while, even if for short periods.
As an aside, this is also part of why I kept my smoking habit. I know it’s frowned upon by people, and I’ve got to stay away from other people to do my thing. The nice side effect is that it gives me a good five minutes or so of alone time, which in social situations, can mean the difference of me suddenly spacing out, and being able to last the entire ordeal. I haven’t really found a good replacement for this, unfortunately—of course, this might just be my addiction speaking.
Introverts use energy being around other people and need downtime to recharge.
Extroverts gain energy being around other people.
Extroverts gain energy being around other people
Average extrovert (as seen by an introvert):
