25 things only introverts will understand

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

You don't have to take psychological tests to determine your temperament. You are prone to introversion if you notice these oddities in yourself.

1. You do not leave the apartment until the neighbor leaves

Situation: you hear a neighbor's door open in the hallway or staircase. In order not to interfere with the person once again, you calm down and wait until he leaves. Yes, it's strange, but sometimes introverts hide from even the cutest people, just to avoid having to exchange a few words with them.

2. You secretly rejoice that your friends canceled the meeting

In order not to be considered a hermit, sometimes you have to get out to meet friends. But when general plans are canceled, in your heart you rejoice: you can stay at home and not pretend to be a sociable type.

3. You are uncomfortable at a party

Despite the dislike for noisy companies, there are events that cannot be avoided: a corporate party, a girlfriend's wedding or a New Year's feast with relatives. The first thought that comes to you at any meeting: "What am I doing here ?!"

4. The Internet is not just a hobby for you, but a lifestyle

Formulating thoughts on paper is much easier for introverts than talking. It is difficult for you to communicate live, but on social networks you feel like a fish in water. In online correspondence, you can joke, and show off your mind, and leave an apt comment.

5. You shy away from sales assistants while shopping

This is understandable: it is easier to find the right model and size yourself than to keep up a conversation with a stranger.

6. You try to be invisible

You are not against communication, you just are not always ready for a conversation: it requires mood and energy. To get tired less, introverts unconsciously limit themselves in communication, and in order to replenish their strength, they spend time alone.

In life, it manifests itself like this: you need to get something out of the refrigerator, while your neighbor is sitting in the kitchen with a friend or parents with guests. The way out is to act like this guy from the gif:

7. Instead of a noisy company, you choose loneliness

You are invited to spend the weekend together, and you say that you are very busy. Everyone understands that this is not so: in fact, you will stay at home and enjoy the loneliness. For introverts, this is the norm for Susan Cain: The power of introverts: they are in no rush to parties and are able to enjoy the time spent alone with themselves.

8. You answer questions in monosyllables

To the questions "What's new?" and "How are you?" you try to answer as briefly as possible so that, God forbid, a conversation does not start. Small talk about anything is easy for extroverts, and introverts do not like this format of conversation.

9. You try to sneak out of the party

And you try to do it as early as possible. You have an escape plan in stock, for this you get to the meeting in your car. This is especially true for parties that you don't want to go to in advance.

10. You rarely answer phone calls

By default, you do not answer calls from numbers you do not know, and you prefer correspondence to a conversation with a friend or colleague.

11. Do you like going to the movies alone

You enjoy watching a movie alone or with a loved one. Day sessions on weekdays, morning sessions on weekends - you try to choose a time when the hall is practically empty. Together with you in the hall there are 2-3 more people - the same introverts who avoid large crowds of people.

12. You pretend that you have not noticed a friend

Situation: After work, you went to a grocery store. Everything is going well until you notice a friend between the rows of buckwheat and pasta. Your standard reaction is to turn away and walk away quickly before he sees you.

13. Never open the door if you are not expecting guests

What for? You never know: a too friendly neighbor came for salt and will complain about the management company for 15 minutes, or the manager of the Internet company obsessively asks you to connect their new tariff.

14. Afraid of being alone with strangers

Maintain a conversation with the person you see for the first time? Never! This is what you look like when friends leave you alone for a few minutes with their acquaintances:

15. Never order something over the phone, if you can online

Why call when you can write?

16. Don't know how to behave when people sing to you the song "Happy birthday to you!"

You feel awkward and uncomfortable around people. Birthday becomes a special torture: people talk to you more than usual and pay too much attention. I want to hide under the table or run away!

17. You try to resolve work issues through correspondence

While colleagues annoy you with phone calls, you prefer to decide everything by correspondence. Working in open space becomes a real tragedy: the noise and people around you paralyze your work. "Can you please be in a quiet place?" - you think on especially difficult days.

18. Don't like to keep up a conversation with a stranger

You regret not being able to be invisible when someone in a bar or on an airplane starts chatting to you. “Do not start a conversation with me simply because we are sitting next to you,” you mentally say to your interlocutor. It's not that introverts don't like people and face-to-face communication. They are simply not ready to carry on a conversation with a stranger: it causes terrible discomfort.

19. For you, the perfect day at the beach - a day on a completely empty beach

Such thoughts periodically arise in any person, especially when the beach is overcrowded, and you can safely swim only 50 meters from the shore. But introverts have this desire much more often: an empty beach is by default more comfortable for them than a crowded one.

20. You like to train alone

You hate personal trainers, group classes, and sports chatters because training time is your own time. No joint jogging and jokes with the trainer in the gym - why, when you can be alone with your thoughts and listen to your favorite tracks?

21. You don't reply to messages right away

Before writing a response, you need to consider the content of the letter. Sometimes you completely forget to answer, and then make excuses, coming up with stupid excuses.

22. You are not happy with new acquaintances

Even the thought of meeting new people is terrifying. This does not mean that you do not know how to be friends, it is just that it is difficult for you to get along with new people.

23. You shy away from too friendly acquaintances

Every time someone violates your personal space, you have an irresistible desire to dissolve into thin air, disappear, run away or give a good knock on the one who climbed up to hug you.

24. You don't like large crowds

Concerts, parties, pub quizzes or work conferences make you feel uncomfortable and vulnerable. You, of course, do not panic, but subconsciously dream of leaving this place as soon as possible.

25. You are not a misanthrope, you are an introvert

You love people and understand the value of human communication, so you consciously choose to go to parties and social events. But being alone with yourself is more comfortable for you: you value the time you spend alone or with loved ones.