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The defining characteristic of an introvert is that you feel drained being in a social situation. Extroverts feed off the energy of a crowd. Crowds and social

The defining characteristic of an introvert is that you feel drained being in a social situation. Extroverts feed off the energy of a crowd. Crowds and social situations can be very different. With a half-dozen friends at a bar? Part of the audience at a concert, or at a football game? Part of a team in some competition? Holiday dinner with distant relatives? Stuck in a pedestrian traffic jam? At a back yard party at a friend's house? Visiting a new meetup group for the first time?

scarygliders 9y ago
I'm very much an introvert... > Crowds and social situations can be very different. Indeed. > With a half-dozen friends at a bar? I have enjoyed many such situations like this many a time. Usually playing pool, and having beer. The beer helps immensely. I still felt I needed some peace and solitude during the event and regularly went away for 5 or 10 minutes to 'recharge'. > Part of the audience at a concert, or at a football game? I deliberately choose not to go to concerts very often - I despise going to areas with 100's or even 1000's of other human beings milling around - although if it's a particularly compelling concert I will make an effort, and mostly enjoy said concert, but look forward to getting away from all the hubub. I am not into football. > Holiday dinner with distant relatives? I enjoy that, but still very quickly feel drained at such and regularly go away to peace and quiet for 5 minutes and return partially renewed enough to continue until the next recharge. > Stuck in a pedestrian traffic jam? This is a very stressful and frustrating situation. > At a back yard party at a friend's house? I enjoy such, but will still go away for 5 minutes to recharge enough until the next time I need to recharge. > Visiting a new meetup group for the first time? This has always filled me with the utmost dread. Even now in my late 40's
- wafflesraccoon 9y ago
  > Visiting a new meetup group for the first time? I think having some dread is more a common/normal thing, I'm very much an extrovert and this is a problem for me too.

scarygliders 9y ago

I'm very much an introvert... > Crowds and social situations can be very different. Indeed. > With a half-dozen friends at a bar? I have enjoyed many such situations like this many a time. Usually playing pool, and having beer. The beer helps immensely. I still felt I needed some peace and solitude during the event and regularly went away for 5 or 10 minutes to 'recharge'. > Part of the audience at a concert, or at a football game? I deliberately choose not to go to concerts very often - I despise going to areas with 100's or even 1000's of other human beings milling around - although if it's a particularly compelling concert I will make an effort, and mostly enjoy said concert, but look forward to getting away from all the hubub. I am not into football. > Holiday dinner with distant relatives? I enjoy that, but still very quickly feel drained at such and regularly go away to peace and quiet for 5 minutes and return partially renewed enough to continue until the next recharge. > Stuck in a pedestrian traffic jam? This is a very stressful and frustrating situation. > At a back yard party at a friend's house? I enjoy such, but will still go away for 5 minutes to recharge enough until the next time I need to recharge. > Visiting a new meetup group for the first time? This has always filled me with the utmost dread. Even now in my late 40's

wafflesraccoon 9y ago
> Visiting a new meetup group for the first time? I think having some dread is more a common/normal thing, I'm very much an extrovert and this is a problem for me too.