Do you like being around people or alone?

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I enjoy going out with a close friend or on my own but I find I get stressed out very easily and just a short trip out can leave me stressed out for hours even if I think I have enjoyed it.

I love to be alone at home more than anything but know I must socialize a bit too, so I have learned to make the social bits short and I try not to go out at night or I don't sleep easily. It feels like an overload to me.

I can be happy around or away from people.

That's like me exactly. I love hanging out with my close friends but i get tired out quickly. After a day out at the mall or at someone's house I need about 5 hours of alone time at home in the quiet where I can relax and de-stress.

My idea of a good time is reading a book on a sunday afternoon, or surfing the internet on a friday night. Being alone is my favorite thing but I'm not reluctant to go out with friends when invited. I just need time to myself afterward. Most of my friends think this is strange and say I'm too antisocial...

I like to spend time with some people, but sosializing makes me exhausted, so after that I want to be alone and relax. If I can't, I get frustrated and angry.

I like being around a few close friends, but I hate crowds. I don't like the feeling of being boxed in and having no room to move around.

I do not mind going out with people i know but i do not like my personal space being invaded at all.

I need about the same after a visit to the doctors or something as short as that. I have learned to have any appointment early in the day so that I have recovery time.

It really is a mixture for me.
I like to talk to just one or two people on a semi regular basis.
But no large groups, no large numbers of 'friends'.
I can go days without any human contact in life as long as I have the net.
I have the last 2 days met an old lady I used to talk to a lot...we just sit in a cafe over tea.
I have noticed I cannot make eye contact. I look, then have to look down at her hands, or at something else.
Yet when standing up and talking with someone else I know, I can stare at her eyes without too much trouble. Odd.

all depends
but friends would be nice

It depends on the situation for me. I can be with a group of people but not be involved with them. I can be sitting at the table with my family and I can be reading or playing my game or listening to my music while everyone else is chatting. I can be in the room with my family and I am doing the computer while everyone else is visiting and watching TV and cooking. It's me doing my own thing when with a group of people.

Sometimes I like being by myself when I go to places because everything is my way and I can do whatever I want without anyone interrupting what I'm doing. I prefer going to Spokane on my own because then I wouldn't have to worry about not being able to see the Benny and Joon locations as much as I want because I'm sure my parents wouldn't want to drive by the house more than few times or want to eat at Ferguson's everyday we're there or want me asking anyone about the movie. I am a different person when I am with people but if I am by myself, I do what I want and not worry about what my family will say to me.
I also hate waiting on people so whenever I'm ready to leave, I leave but when I'm with my family, it's real annoying because I hate waiting so it's so nice when I'm by myself and go to places alone.

yeah my dad and brother won't even let me open the door until they're shoes are on

I wish to be alone practically all the time. I do occasionally enjoy the company of others if it is just to talk (about something meaningful, not small talk) and not be forced into doing things I don't want to do.

I like being with people i know well. I do not like busy places though, or large groups even just made up of people i know. I need lots of alone time to unwind, which I get by walking in the country.

There are like 4 people I don't have to be "on" around but for everyone else I have to really think about what I'm going to say and hope it was the right thing.

I don't really feel loney much and sometimes i get stressed if people are trying to force me into being with them, but i like to be with my dad and other people sometimes too. i wish I was more social because right now my only major social contact with people other then my family is over the Internet and that's kind of pathetic.

I've given up judging myself based on outside standards. Maybe it's a cop-out maybe I'm delusional but lifes too short to worry about it.