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Nope. You are--we are--just different than the recognized social norms that get portrayed in most media. Surprise!

Things You Need to Know About the Outgoing Introvert

1. When we see you after a long day, we might be all irritable and not want to talk

It has nothing to do with you. Outgoing introverts, though still introverts at their core, often need to recharge after a large use of social energy. After a long day of dealing with people, our social batteries are drained and we need to unwind and recover, usually alone.

2. We’re charming creatures and can be the life of the party, but…

You’ll be surprised how much we actually live in our heads. People often confuse us for extroverts, but we’re too introspective and over-think too much to be one.

3. If we like you, we really like you.

We don’t waste our time with people we’re not completely crazy about. If we agreed to go on a date with you, we like you. Take it as a huge compliment.

4. We have times when we’re weird with our phones.

Some days we can talk for hours, but sometimes we’re not so good at replying and talking on the phone. Don’t take it personally - we screen our phone calls, even from our closest friends. Outgoing introverts sometimes hate the phone because it’s all, like, intrusive and tears our minds away from whatever we’re deeply focusing on (and we are always deeply focusing on something). Our mind doesn’t change direction easily. Listening to one thing and seeing something else is a lot of sensory input piled on top of everything that’s already going on in our heads.

5. But don’t worry, in person we’ll listen to you for hours.

We have spectrums of introversion, so we’re good listeners. We’ll always be naturally in tune with how you’re feeling, so we’ll be able to see through any front you put up and make you jump into the deep end.

6. We need to dip our foot in the pool first.

We need time to warm up, so, like, chill. We tend not to outwardly express our feelings and spill our whole life story in the first hour of meeting you. Or the first year.

7. Our energy level depends on our environment.

Yes, we can get annoyed easily. If we vibe with the crowd, we can get our energy from human interactions. But if we don’t, we’ll start to get really introspective and reflective, and tend to withdraw into ourselves. It’s kinda like a hit or miss. We’re very selectively social. But it’s not because we dislike people - it’s actually the opposite. We dislike the barriers like small talk (which often comes with going out) creates between people, and try to avoid it at all costs.

8. You’ll think we are flirty with everyone.

Okay here’s the thing, when we inevitably have to interact with people, we make it seem like there’s nothing in the world we’d rather be doing. It’s ‘cause we’re, like, overly sensitive and so we go out of our way to make other people feel comfortable and happy. We’re intuitive and outgoing at the same time.

Research has found that introverts pay more attention to detail and exhibit increased brain activity when processing visual information. A study shows that the brain of an introvert weighs internal cues more strongly than external motivational and reward cues.

I was just on Discord, talking to my study group, a bunch of people who I have classes with. I tried to join an art discord (the biggest one there, which, in retrospect, might not have been the best idea), and the first thing I do is join the VC. and. Guess what. There were. People. Not in my age range. *gasp!*  so i decided I couldn’t deal and fucked right on outta there. I decided to join a smaller group of people one of my classmates are friends with. They’re all my age, but I still couldn’t deal. 

And now I’m just thinking about how social I was before the pandemic. I would talk to everyone. I was the annoying, outgoing friend who made bad life decisions, but worked it out anyways. My mom would always tell stories about how, when I was 7 and we went to visit my grandparents in China, I would try to teach Chinese to the person behind us at the ticket line. They would always laugh and humor me. I cannot emphasize enough how not shy I was. In 1st grade, I would straight up go to a person I liked and ask “Do you want to be friends?” and most everyone said yes. I had a lot of friends in 1st grade. When we went to the park, I would join in with the bigger kids, and would fit in just fine.

The entire last year, the thing I missed most was other human beings. I adore the hustle and bustle of a big city, and how you can have a 5 minute walk to the grocery store. I missed talking, waving to random people in the halls, all of it. 

Now, I can’t even talk to a stranger. I feel pathetic. I would like to blame it all on the pandemic, but I’ve been getting less outgoing for years. IDK why. I mean, COVID probably didn’t help at all, but still...

IDK what I’m rambling about. But anyways... Does anyone else have this problem?

Followers who have OCs please read:

I want to broaden my art portfolio a little more - mainly it’s just TMNT let’s be honest. So I’d like to do an OC raffle to challenge myself.

What you need to do: -Make sure you’re following me -Like/Reblog this post -In the tags, put your OCs name and three words that describe their aesthetic/character

I’ll choose 3 raffle winners on October 15th (a week from today) for a detailed sketch.

Note: I do all my art on an iPad mini and with those $1 stylus’ you can get anywhere. I’m poor pft.

Thanks everyone and please boost for more participants!

Good luck!!!!