Introvert Life

Robsweezie · 19-04-2015 06:02PM #1

writing up a rough script of what you're going to say when leaving a voicemail for an appointment because you don't trust yourself not to **** it up doing it naturally.

making up the right change in your pocket before you approach the counter so you're not stuck fumbling round when you get there keeping the cashier waiting, drawing attention to yourself.

always ordering takeaway through just eat instead of good old fashioned phone ins.

feel free to add more INTJS!!

Stheno · 19-04-2015 06:03PM

I don't do any of that and am an intj

Are you confusing introvert with self esteem issues?

Darkglasses · 19-04-2015 06:04PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

writing up a rough script of what you're going to say when leaving a voicemail for an appointment because you don't trust yourself not to **** it up doing it naturally.

making up the right change in your pocket before you approach the counter so you're not stuck fumbling round when you get there keeping the cashier waiting, drawing attention to yourself.

always ordering takeaway through just eat instead of good old fashioned phone ins.

feel free to add more INTJS!!

Queueing to use a self service machine at the supermarket when the queue for a normal till is shorter

folamh · 19-04-2015 06:06PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

writing up a rough script of what you're going to say when leaving a voicemail for an appointment because you don't trust yourself not to **** it up doing it naturally.

making up the right change in your pocket before you approach the counter so you're not stuck fumbling round when you get there keeping the cashier waiting, drawing attention to yourself.

always ordering takeaway through just eat instead of good old fashioned phone ins.

feel free to add more INTJS!!

Social anxiety =/= introversion.

http://psychology.about.com/od/trait-theories-personality/f/introversion.htm

Penny Tration · 19-04-2015 06:06PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

writing up a rough script of what you're going to say when leaving a voicemail for an appointment because you don't trust yourself not to **** it up doing it naturally.

making up the right change in your pocket before you approach the counter so you're not stuck fumbling round when you get there keeping the cashier waiting, drawing attention to yourself.

always ordering takeaway through just eat instead of good old fashioned phone ins.

feel free to add more INTJS!!

That sounds like confidence issues/insecurity, not being introverted.

catallus · 19-04-2015 06:07PM

Don't listen to them OP! I think you're introverted

Bubbaclaus · 19-04-2015 06:08PM

OP just summed up my entire ife

Sheep Lover · 19-04-2015 06:10PM

Putting a death notice of yourself in the paper so people don't visit or call anymore

Robsweezie · 19-04-2015 06:14PM

I knew the nit pickers would be out in force as I typed out the OP, im not an anxious person generally, introverts don't like to be the center of attention, and like to compose themselves before making a phone call just to be prepared, and as for the just eat, I prefer quietly clicking and typing away at what pizza toppings I want instead of often having to shout down the phone to someone who may get confused or cant hear me. the quietness over loudness thing is classic introvert territory. anyway the thread aint about that, keep it going

Stheno · 19-04-2015 06:17PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

I knew the nit pickers would be out in force as I typed out the OP, im not an anxious person generally, introverts don't like to be the center of attention, and like to compose themselves before making a phone call just to be prepared, and as for the just eat, I prefer quietly clicking and typing away at what pizza toppings I want instead of often having to shout down the phone to someone who may get confused or cant hear me. the quietness over loudness thing is classic introvert territory. anyway the thread aint about that, keep it going

As I said I'm an intj yet spend over half my life in work doing presentations and being the centre of attentioon
I'm not sure you get what introversion is

19-04-2015 06:18PM

Entering a shop, realising that it's very busy, and deciding to come back later or go somewhere else.

mikom · 19-04-2015 06:20PM

Karsini wrote: »

Entering a shop, realising that it's very busy, and deciding to come back later or go somewhere else.

Smart, not introvert.

folamh · 19-04-2015 06:22PM

Most people who think they're introverts are either ambiverts (the most common type) or teenagers with special snowflake syndrome.

Darkglasses · 19-04-2015 06:25PM

mikom wrote: »

Smart, not introvert.

Or both possibly.

Buona Fortuna · 19-04-2015 06:27PM

Robsweezie wrote: »

I knew the nit pickers would be out in force as I typed out the OP, im not an anxious person generally, introverts don't like to be the center of attention, and like to compose themselves before making a phone call just to be prepared, and as for the just eat, I prefer quietly clicking and typing away at what pizza toppings I want instead of often having to shout down the phone to someone who may get confused or cant hear me. the quietness over loudness thing is classic introvert territory. anyway the thread aint about that, keep it going

Hummm

I don't like using the micrphone things at McD's but I'll happily talk to a person.

I make notes of any little anecdotes when I ring my mother otherwise - its just easier.

I hate the self service tills and if they tell me again that I have an unauthorised item in the baffing area, I'll jam a carrot in its coin chute.

I frequently check my change before I go up to pay - otherwise my trousers just get heavier and heavier.

rawn · 19-04-2015 06:31PM

Practicing telling the bus driver how much money you're giving them in your head waiting for the bus to approach:

*€3.05 please, €3.05 please, €3.05 please, €3.05 please, €3.05 please, €3.05 please, €3.05 please, €3.05 please*

Me: "€3.05 please!"

Bus Driver: "It's €3.30 now."

Me: *dies*

Macavity. · 19-04-2015 06:33PM

Cripplingly Low Self Esteem Life*

5rtytry56 · 19-04-2015 07:10PM

Karsini wrote: »

Entering a shop, realising that it's very busy, and deciding to come back later or go somewhere else.

I do that with pubs. Go to some other watering hole.

Spunge · 19-04-2015 07:11PM

ordering a pizza then too scared to answer to door

nobody ?

cloud493 · 19-04-2015 07:12PM

I'm an introvert forced to be more of an extrovert than I'd like

Stheno · 19-04-2015 07:13PM

Spunge wrote: »

ordering a pizza then too scared to answer to door

nobody ?

Font you have a hatch to pass the money through and have them slide the pizza in?

Roquentin · 19-04-2015 07:17PM

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm an introvert forced to be more of an extrovert than I'd like

one of the hallmarks of schizoid/schizotypal (not saying you have it) is the need to pretend in social situations. i spent my whole life doing this

Roquentin · 19-04-2015 07:18PM

feigning empathy

RayM · 19-04-2015 07:25PM

Savouring the silence and breathing a massive sigh of relief when visitors go home.

Being happy when it rains on your day off, so you can stay in and do nothing, guilt-free.

Turning down a party invitation because, after carefully consulting your diary, you find that you're watching television that night.

Roquentin · 19-04-2015 07:27PM

"Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius."

- Edward Gibbon

Roquentin · 19-04-2015 07:28PM

'The introvert is pressured daily, almost from the moment of awakening, to respond and conform to the outer world.'

- Marti Olsen Laney

Hans Bricks · 19-04-2015 07:32PM

Anticipating when someone will finally stop talking to you and just leave the room to you undisturbed.

Cringing in horror when you can hear someone making their way to the room your're in.

PARlance · 19-04-2015 07:33PM

Not looking forward to your sons first birthday because your relatives are coming and need to be entertained.

pauliebdub · 19-04-2015 07:34PM

I'm INTJ as well and whilst it can be problematic it's also a massive advantage in the work I do (software testing) as I'm analytical and have no problem identifying issues etc, just as long as I don't have to manage or deal with people in a significant way.

The biggest problem for me is that I don't do small talk that well, it's torture, I'm also somewhat blunt which can alienate people sometimes and I really don't suffer fools at all. I don't have self esteem issues at all.

Jon Stark · 19-04-2015 07:35PM

The armchair psychologists are out in force.

anncoates · 19-04-2015 07:38PM

Karsini wrote: »

Entering a shop, realising that it's very busy, and deciding to come back later or go somewhere else.

That's called being an impatient, narky bastard.

A diagnosis that I am eminently qualified to deliver.

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