12 Things I Want People to Know About Me as an Outgoing Introvert
As an outgoing introvert, I need plenty of alone time to recharge despite having a very active social life.
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Sometimes, it feels like the world doesn’t “get” you — especially if you’re an introvert. But we’re fellow “quiet ones,” so we get it. Here are some of our favorite stories about what it’s like being an introvert.
As an outgoing introvert, I need plenty of alone time to recharge despite having a very active social life.
Will the real introverts please stand up?
Before I learned I’m an introvert, I didn’t understand why I sometimes felt so icky around people.
The irrational fear of people being annoyed by you? Being isolated has only made it worse.
After social isolation, it will be a shock to our systems to go back to lots of interaction at work, with family, and with friends.
The new almost-daily occurrence of video calls fills me with an overwhelming sense of dread.
Introverts aren’t “anti-people.” We are humans who, in our own unique way, need other humans.
Who would have thought that as a solitude-loving introvert, I would hate self-isolation, yet here I am on the struggle bus.
In times of uncertainty, my need to achieve manifests as impatience and nervous energy. Here’s how I’m coping.
As a “social” introvert, I am the proverbial walking contradiction.