Introvert or Extravert?

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I'm introvert. I'm usually quiet and prefer to listen than to speak. But if the conversation steers towards one of my interests, I can be quite talkative.

Neither, or both. I seem to be on some odd ground inbetween the two. Too open (or maybe "turned inside out" would be a better description) and lacking in emotional barriers for an introvert; often too quiet and calm for an extrovert. I like to spend time with people, and I'm curious about them in a sense, but I also like to stay alone and reflect just as much. I do not appear to have a real need, as opposed to a desire, to socialize.

On the Myers-Briggs test, I will usually turn out to be either an INFP or an ENFP, because, without specification, some questions about socializing can be answered both ways (for instance, "Do you enjoy social occasions?" - if they mean a quiet evening with a friend having coffee, talking about important things and staring at candles, or a camping trip with a few close friends, then yes, of course; if they mean a loud party with twenty unfamiliar people present, or a disco, then no). Occasionally I will also get ESFP/ISFP, and I know I do have a few S traits, but ENFP/INFP does seem to be more like my type.

It greatly depends on my mood and energy levels, too. The more joy and/or agitation, the more talkative and hyperactive I become (though people will still remark on some "oddness" which I fail to notice); on the other hand, if my mood is thoughtful and calm, or sad, I'm likely to come across as reserved and even aloof, even if I do not feel this way. Still, the general balance I've described above never really shifts.

I'm clearly an introvert, but I don't think I'm shy. In fact, I'm quite out-spoken when I allow myself to speak (sometimes I'm intentionally mute so I don't get in trouble for saying the wrong thing, just at work & similar situations).

What makes it obvious that I'm introvert is the fact that I need to spend a lot of time alone and I find social interaction to be completely exhausting. I also find it hard to relate to most people so I mostly just interact with those who share one or more of my interests. I have days, weeks, even months during which I just want to hide from everyone. Even being in the same room with another person is tiring due to my awareness that they might say something and I might have to respond.

I am definitely an introvert, as defined by the lengths I will go to avoid talking on the phone..and to most other people in public.

I was a complete introvert before I was diagnosed and medicated. Now I kinda straddle the fence.

Extremely extroverted. Although that said, I don't mind spending time alone, and I can quite happily just sit and ponder for hours without moving or remembering the time or whatever. I also don't really enjoy being in big crowds and doing team sports etc. If a street is too crowded I start freaking out... I also don't have many close friends. But I have a wide circle of friends I'm not so close to, which is nice. So I definitely have introverted tendencies... I'm just far too extraverted far too much of the time to be anything else though, if that makes sense.