People with crippling social anxiety: I’m an just an introvert haha
Straight up, I don’t dislike or quickly get exhausted socializing I just suck at it lol
My wife and I are really good friends with our neighbors, a couple that are great social complements of each other.
One is an awkward extrovert who loves to socialize but isn’t great at reading social cues, avoids eye contact, tends towards dominating conversations and steering them towards his own preferred topics. He’s legitimately hilarious though, and is a good guy.
His wife is a charismatic introvert. She’s charming, engaging, a great listener, and really funny, too. But she admits that she needs a few days to herself just reading at home and being away from people after every time she socializes with people outside her family. She likes to leave early from social gatherings.
The two of them together make a great team, though. They really do bring out the best in each other, and are a ton of fun to hang out with.
I’m not sure if I should be labeled as an introvert or not. I just hate small talk and don’t really care to get to know people unless they interest me. Not many people interest me, because I find people just bitch about the same things or the only thing they have to talk about is sports team, weather, or TV thing.
People who say I’m quiet, just don’t know I hate talking to them. I won’t shut up around the 2-3 people I actually like. I never had a problem throwing myself into social settings or just conversing with strangers. I’m typically the one coordinating people to get together.
I’m either the less introvert of the introvert group or maybe I’m a sociopath?
Anyhow I shut down conversations like OP all the damn time, just because I don’t want to talk to that person in particular or I’m in a hurry.
You may also just have adhd.
I’m the same way. I like meeting new people but get disinterested easily. I know for a fact I’m introverted because I get exhausted in social gatherings and prefer alone time or casual convo. An extroverted introvert is what I’ve been labeled as.
TIL it’s just social anxiety and not my need to avoid lengthy interactions with humans because I dislike them.
“Is this your card?”
“I don’t know, you’re the magician, you tell me”
