Feel bad for not enjoying things that other people enjoy

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chris1989
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27 Dec 2022, 6:05 am

I think that before covid I was going to and fro to places (e.g. my local towns and some places further away) by walking there, by bus, or by car and had times when I would stay at home and indulge in some hobbies but I seem to feel even though I enjoy the home-hobbies I do and go to work and socialise at work, I don't always seem to find myself always going out still to places. One of those towns has had places close down and is leaving high street almost empty except for a few charity shops I like but I still now won't go up there now that some places are gone. I feel like everyone else has close friends, partners etc and goes out more often to places than I do. Unlike other people, I'm not going to a bar, a pub or somewhere like that in the hope of meeting people and I don't feel as though I don't want to get back into volunteering probably because I'm working in a paid-job now. I did try to find things to do on Meetup but there didn't seem to be anything coming up within 2, 5 or 10 miles from me except a quiz night at a local pub with only a few people attending. I seem to worry as though my life is being wasted because I'm not being as sociable as those other people.
I don't know whether I might be an introvert or something.



kraftiekortie
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27 Dec 2022, 6:57 am

You’re probably an introvert. Nothing wrong with that.