In this age and time, being an introvert does not seem to be what anyone
easily admits to....readily, everyone is trying to prove they have the
requisite social skills of an extrovert.
Between, here are funny but real reasons why you just might be an introvert...do read on!
1. You think before you talk and check before you chat
Sort
of the right thing to do huh?...You have a consistently running
internal monologue that screens every word before it drops from your
mouth. Not a fast speaker there...You screen your chats too severally,
before you send them...lol.
2. You go to parties -– but not to meet people.
Nooo...you
may not necessarily be hanging out alone...but meeting new people is
rarely the goal of attending a party. You simply get in your safe
harbour- looking out for your friends and hanging out with them.
3. Great speaker, fearful mingler
You
may not be shy...infact, you can give a great speech in front of 500
people but mingling with them one-on-one afterwards is a huge problem.
4. You hate idle chatter
You
can be in a room with room mates with them discussing on a topic
without necessarily making a contribution...you hate small talk not
because you hate people but because they seem meaningless to you.
5. You are self conscious
Since
you are not doing most of the talking, you are doing most of the
observing and hence, assume that everyone is observing you in the same
way...judging the way you speak, your accent etc....whereas, they might
not necessarily be doing so,
6. You like extreme sitting positions
When
you have to sit at a bench, you don't sit in the middle because you
don't like being surrounded by people on all sides. In church, you
prefer the extreme rows of seats to the middle ones.
7. You dread audience participation
You
prefer a talk or a lecture to a discussion or interaction. If you must
be involved in the latter, you must have been informed earlier so that
you can "compose yourself".
8. You've been accused severally of not keeping in touch
The
funny part is that you cannot fathom why someone who called you three
days back would call you and say something like; "You have forgotten me
abi..."and you're like, "Are we supposed to be talking everyday"?....you
also do not like midnight, except its utterly the last resort. For you,
it's too much time to waste on "nonsense talk".
You screen all your
calls and you may not pick up your phone even from people you like only
to call them back as soon as you’re mentally prepared and have gathered
the energy for the conversation.
9. You're a Writer
...a good
one at that. Or sometimes, a poet. You prefer to put your ideas in
writing than to speak them because the former gives you the opportunity
to perfectly choose your words and structure your thoughts.
10. Friends made you and not the other way round
Check
out the list of your closest and distant friends and you'd realize
that they made more efforts at being your friend than you did at the
initial stage before you settled into the friendship.
If you can boast of some of these qualities, then check again...against your initial judgement, you just might be an introvert!
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