Are you an introvert, extrovert or in the middle?

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Just curious. Explain why and if you are happy that way. If you are an inrtovert, are you also shy?

Around my friends, quite extroverted, but usually I appear quite introverted to others despite the fact I turn into a hyperactive maniac when spending time with people I like.

Very introverted and extremely shy. Also depressed but that is a different avenue.

It depends on the situation. I try to be more extroverted but people still see me as an introvert. I was even told by one co-worker that I am "quiet", yet I don't see myself that way with people I get along with. Still, I find myself stuck in a paradox as of late. I want to have people around in my life yet I want to be alone. Does that make any sense? I guess it's mostly that I want a girlfriend but have no idea how to go about it successfully. I also dislike social occasions involving alcohol and drugs because I can't tolerate the stupidity.

It's something that's natural in me, but more towards being extroverted.

I'm extremely introverted.

In the middle i think, i enjoy having contacts online, but mainly i can't cope with people being in my room or anything too long, and usually direct social contact especially if its a friend drains me so much that i don't feel the need to see that person again for months unless i encounter a person in the future who i feel fully comfortable with :o

I am the same with the alcohol stuff! My cousinskeep trying to make me go to a club for my birthday...but I'm like...um I have said a million times I don't like guys all over me, drunk and stupid. I always want to just go home and do other stuff instead! I rather have my bday with my cousins(only the nice ones) at home with a nice cake and enjoy ourselves that way.

I'm an introvert. I don't know why, that's just how I've always been. I'm very happy this way. I think I would be miserable if I was an extrovert, since I can't even maintain a conversation. Yes, I am shy.

I used to be an extrovert but I'd always feel sad when my friends couldn't play and I get upset when I be rejected. I learned to be more introverted as I got older and it was easier that way and I stopped getting frustrated. I am extroverted when it comes to family. I have always been introverted when it came to social gatherings and going to peoples houses. I just play by myself most of the time while other kids play together.

I used to have an odd reputation at the parties I was invited to (well... I was allowed to tag along because a friend of mine was going. I normally would not be invited otherwise.) I used to always bring my laptop to parties so that I wouldn't be bored! To others though, it made me seem anti-social...which I guess it was. I wound up forum posting instead of talking to the people around me. Then again, I had been around them before and found that none of them had anything in common with me and so I would end up bored and lonely in a house full of people.

<--- 100% introvert. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

When I think of introversion, I go with C. G. Jung's definition, who actually coined the term and saw it as an orientation of mental energy towards the self and the inner life, as opposed to extraversion, which is an orientation towards the external world. As such, depending on their focus, people can be introverted even if they are loud, talkative persons. I am an introvert, because I am mostly lost in my own world. I enjoy being around people, but I relate to them from my own introverted standpoint. I am not shy or quiet, but I'm still an introvert, at the end of the day I still need to be alone and I'm still immersed in my inner life. Most autistics are introverts, if not all. Being sociable and being relaxed when around people doesn't equate extroversion - it's a stable lifetime orientation of the mental focus, it's not the degree of shyness or sociability.

I am very introverted.

I am somewhere In the middle. I prefer alone time but socializing is nice too when it is on my own terms. It really depends on who I am socializing with. For the most part I am quite comfortable being this way. As for shyness I can be shy at first but after a while I tend to warm up with people and talk to them more. It also helps if we share similar interests.

Introverted

If introversion equates to preferring to do things alone and doesn't like too much sensory input. Which is what introversion is last I heard.

(Funny what that sounds like.)