The introvert social thread

[Thomas Shey]

Also: I’m so introverted, one of my nicknames is “The Brown Recluse”.

I've been referred to as a troll (in the non-Internet sense) for decades because of my tendency to hide in my cave.

 

[MoonSong]

Being an introvert or an extrovert kind of depends on how much stimulation a person can tolerate in a social setting. As an introvert and a retail employee, I can handle a number of people coming into my workplace before I need to duck into the backroom and recharge a bit. If I am unable to, then I get a level of Exhaustion that can only be alleviated after my shift ends for the night.

One of my pet peeves is that most people treat introversion as another namr for social anxiety. They are not the same thing. Q

 

[Whisper-Kitten]

It's true both my orange tabby and my creamsicle cat are insane attention hogs!

Cats come in creamsicle now? :-O

 

[Benjamin Olson]

One of my pet peeves is that most people treat introversion as another namr for social anxiety. They are not the same thing. Q

Well sure, but people interpret the world through the examples that are memorable to them, and I would assume the most obvious and extreme introvert most people have encountered also had severe social anxiety.

But yes, it's annoying. Freshman year of college my roommate and I on one rare occasion hung out in the common room and I competently (and on this one occasion I guess I got a high charisma roll) participated in an extended conversation with other people from the dorm, where I seemed to have (gasp) fun and be reasonably comfortable. Later that night he accused me of being no true introvert (compared to him). It was an especially odd accusation to get from the person always intruding into my space and wanting to talk or hang out when I needed alone time. In retrospect I think I was a massive introvert with serious but manageable social anxiety, and he was a mild introvert with spectacularly crippling social anxiety. Nevertheless, through most of my life, this odd fellow was the biggest introvert that could ever introvert, in my mind, because his awkwardness around most people was so comically over-the-top and memorable.

 

[Staffan]

I'm an introvert, but I'm planning to go to some form of open game day tomorrow so we'll see how that goes.

 

[Thomas Shey]

One of my pet peeves is that most people treat introversion as another namr for social anxiety. They are not the same thing. Q

Yeah, introversion, social anxiety and shyness are all different things. I have a big chunk of the first (I'm distinctly of the "social environments are tiring" school) and have some social anxiety, but I'm not really shy to any real degree.

 

[MoonSong]

Yeah, introversion, social anxiety and shyness are all different things. I have a big chunk of the first (I'm distinctly of the "social environments are tiring" school) and have some social anxiety, but I'm not really shy to any real degree.

I'm just the first. Fairly outgoing and even chatty, until I run out of social stamina... then I just don't wanna know anything about anybody until I have rested. I do love my inner world.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Yeah, introversion, social anxiety and shyness are all different things. I have a big chunk of the first (I'm distinctly of the "social environments are tiring" school) and have some social anxiety, but I'm not really shy to any real degree.

Me too. I am often the leader of small groups, and I have performed on stage. All of it exhausts me, though!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Nevertheless, through most of my life, this odd fellow was the biggest introvert that could ever introvert, in my mind, because his awkwardness around most people was so comically over-the-top and memorable.

I was shooting pool at the student union with my roomie and another mutual friend. We had to give our student IDs to the monitor at the desk. After a while, we decided to get dinner, so we picked up the balls and took them to the desk to get our IDs back.

There had been a shift change; the new monitor was a girl I thought was particularly cute (I’d seen her around). She asked for my name so she could find my ID.

“I…I don’t remember.”

She smiled, and looked at my friend, “What’s his name?”

He looked at her with a flabbergasted expression, “I’m so shocked he can’t remember his name, I can’t remember his name!”

As she busted, my roommate stepped up, “The short stupid one is T___, the tall stupid one is Elliott. I’m Bob.”

 

[MGibster]

Also: I’m so introverted, one of my nicknames is “The Brown Recluse”.

It's true. He bit me and the flesh around my wound necrotized something awful.